insouciance
pronunciation
How to pronounce insouciance in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsu:siəns]
How to pronounce insouciance in American English:
US [ɪnˈsusiəns, ˌæŋsuˈsjɑŋs]
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- Noun:
- the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
Word Origin
- insouciance (n.)
- 1799, from French insouciant "carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + se soucier "to care," from Latin sollicitare "to agitate" (see solicit).
Example
- 1. She smiled and shook her head with pert insouciance .
- 2. An impression of boyish insouciance .
- 3. The very direness of this possibility has produced a certain insouciance .
- 4. It has confirmed the insouciance of mediterranean countries , in particular , over the urgent need to improve their competitiveness .
- 5. The exercised mice did frequently freeze and hide , but they are prey animals , a situation that does not reward insouciance .