Dictionary

insouciance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/
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Etymology

From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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." 1995 May 21, Steven Levy, “The Unabomber and David Gelernter”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2. (countable, uncountable) Nonchalance.
   • She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove. 2024, Patrik Jonsson and Melanie Stetson Freeman, Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.), in: The Christian Science Monitor, August 27 2024

Forms

Translations (21)

de Unbekümmertheit (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · ro nepăsare (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · de Zwanglosigkeit (nonchalance) · de Nonchalance (nonchalance) · ru безразли́чие (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · de Lässigkeit (nonchalance) · es indolencia (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · ro indiferență (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · ro nonșalanță (nonchalance) · de Unbesorgtheit (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · de Sorglosigkeit (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · de Contenance (nonchalance) · ro degajare (nonchalance) · fr insouciance (nonchalance) · it non-chalance (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · de Unbekümmertheit (nonchalance) · de Sprezzatura (nonchalance) · hu nemtörődömség (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · ro dezinvoltură (nonchalance) · ro impasibilitate (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern) · ru беззабо́тность (nonchalance)