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insouciance

[ in-soo-see-uh ns; French an-soo-syahns ]

/ ɪnˈsu si əns; French ɛ̃ suˈsyɑ̃s /

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noun

the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.

Origin of insouciance

From French, dating back to 1790–1800; see origin at insouciant, -ance

Words nearby insouciance

insomniac, insomnolence, insomuch, insomuch as, insorption, insouciance, insouciant, insoul, insourcing, insp., inspan

Example sentences from the Web for insouciance

Its insouciance with punctuation may lend the book an aura of difficulty, but in practice this is not the case.

Great Weekend Reads |The Daily Beast |January 22, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
No, this was “theater” pronounced with sunglasses and insouciance.

How I Found My Voice |Carly Simon |June 7, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
She had a gaiety and insouciance, and a natural childlike merriment that all her terrible disasters could not overcloud.

A Woman's Experience in the Great War |Louise Mack
The autopilot functioned perfectly, however, and Logan trusted it to the point of insouciance.

Tight Squeeze |Dean Charles Ing

Miss Lutworth, meanwhile, brimful of the joy of life and insouciance, was amusing herself vastly.

Halcyone |Elinor Glyn
"I repeat, everything," said Bazarov with an ineffable expression of insouciance.

Fathers and Sons |Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
He dropped his insouciance, and descended to pleading, but it was of no avail.

Kathleen's Diamonds |Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller