Punclivity
noun
The conscious ignorance of a rule whose only functional effect is the risk of punishment.
Est. 2026
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Punclivity
The conscious ignorance of a rule whose only functional effect is the risk of punishment.•The conscious ignorance of a rule whose only functional effect is the risk of punishment.•
Examples in Practice
"Jaywalking on an empty street at 3 AM is pure punclivity—the law exists, but its only consequence is a ticket no one will ever write."
"She practiced punclivity daily: parking for eleven minutes in a ten-minute zone, knowing enforcement was a myth."
"The entire office engaged in collective punclivity, ignoring the 'no personal devices' policy that HR had long stopped enforcing."
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