insouciance
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insouciance
- /ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/
Where it comes from
From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).
noun insouciances
- 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."
- Nonchalance. She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove.
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noun carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern
| Español | indolencia |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sorglosigkeit, Unbesorgtheit, Unbekümmertheit |
| Italiano | non-chalance |
| Română | impasibilitate, nepăsare, indiferență |
| Русский | безразли́чие bezrazlíčije |
noun nonchalance
| Français | insouciance |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Lässigkeit, Unbekümmertheit, Zwanglosigkeit, Nonchalance, Sprezzatura, Contenance |
| Română | nonșalanță, degajare, dezinvoltură |
| Русский | беззабо́тность bezzabótnostʹ |
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title = {insouciance},
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