insouciance

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

/ ɪnˈsu si əns; French ɛ̃ suˈsyɑ̃s /

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

Words related to insouciance

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

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