insouciance

[ in-soo-see-uhns; French an-soo-syahns ]

/ ɪnˈsu si əns; French ɛ̃ suˈsyɑ̃s /

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Definition of insouciance

noun

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

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

But as faking sincerity is difficult, replicating insouciance is a challenge.
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Leno answered, lending a certain insouciance to his line reading.
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But he was also a gifted actor, providing an interesting mélange of surfer dude insouciance with a hint of danger.
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Its insouciance with punctuation may lend the book an aura of difficulty, but in practice this is not the case.
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No, this was “theater” pronounced with sunglasses and insouciance.
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Lovely, with a show of insouciance, bagged three gerunds and one gerundive.
The Varmint|Owen Johnson
The autopilot functioned perfectly, however, and Logan trusted it to the point of insouciance.
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It was as truly part of her (and a growing part of her) as her brilliant enjoyment and insouciance.
Dodo's Daughter|E. F. Benson
Under its insouciance and extravagance lie many of the ideas that dictated his attitude as writer and as critic.
Oscar Wilde|Arthur Ransome
Such insouciance would have galled Miss Gabriel past endurance had it not, mercifully, lain outside her range of apprehension.
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