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Insouciance

//ɪnˈsuːsi.əns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern. countable, uncountable

    "So Gelernter, with an insouciance he now regrets, also chose a Lovelace as a namesake—Linda, the lead actress in "Deep Throat.""

  2. 2
    the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you wordnet
  3. 3
    Nonchalance. countable, uncountable

    "She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove."

Etymology

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

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