Sprezzatura
 Chess (Commons). Sprezzatura is hiding the work after you did it.
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| Field | Fundamentals |
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| Also known as | law of least effort, effortlessness |
| Origin | Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier (1528); reused in later pickup writing |
Sprezzatura is practiced ease: doing the difficult thing as if it cost nothing. Amante lists it under social Attractiveness fundamentals as "minding the Law of least effort." In pickup it is the opposite of trying-too-hard — the visible sweat that turns a DHV into a DLV. [1]
See also
- Law of least effort
- Attractiveness fundamentals
- Peacocking
- Game (seduction)
- Outer game
- Posture
- Walk
- Eye contact
References
- ↑ Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 September 2026.