insouciance
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
insouciance (countable and uncountable, plural insouciances)
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:apathy
Translations[edit]
carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern
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nonchalance
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From insouciant + -ance.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
insouciance f (plural insouciances)
Further reading[edit]
- “insouciance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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