insouciance

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/ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/

Definition of insouciance

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.

“So Gelernter, with an insouciance he now regrets, also chose a Lovelace as a namesake—Linda, the lead actress in "Deep Throat."”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.

“So Gelernter, with an insouciance he now regrets, also chose a Lovelace as a namesake—Linda, the lead actress in "Deep Throat."”
(countable, uncountable)Nonchalance.

“She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove.”

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From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).

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