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insouciance

/ˌɪnˈsusiəns/

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What does insouciance mean?

noun

  1. Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.
  2. Nonchalance.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɪnˈsusiəns/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌɪnˈsusjəns/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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He smiled at Jurgis confidingly, and then started talking again, with his blissful insouciance.
Upton SinclairThe JungleProject Gutenberg ebook #140
I can't make him understand that a job involving the happiness of one hundred or so children can't be chucked with such charming insouciance.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
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The odd ways of these Samoans, their pride of position, their vices, their virtues, their vanities, their small thefts, their tricks, their delightful insouciance sometimes, all amused him.
Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) JappRobert Louis Stevenson: A Record, an Estimate, and a MemorialProject Gutenberg ebook #590