The cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.
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Insouciance
//ɪnˈsuːsi.əns//
Synonyms for "insouciance" (108 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
lassitudelazinesslethargicalnesslethargylistlessnessmindlessnessnegligencenonchalancenumbnessoblivionoffhandednesspassivenesspassivityperfunctorinessphlegmphlegmaticalnessphlegmaticnessplucklessnesspococurantismrecklessness
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regardlessnessresignationresignednessslothsluggishnesssoporsoporifousnessspiritlessnesssprezzaturaspunklessnessstoliditystupefactionstuporsupinenesstactlessnessthoughtlessnesstorpiditytorpidnesstorporunanxiousnessunconcernunheedfulnessuninquisitivenessuninterestednessunmindfulnessunpreparednessunreadinessunsolicitousnessunsolicitudeunthinkingnesswithdrawalwithdrawnness
Noun(2 words)
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21 translations across 7 languages.
French
1 entries- insouciance noun (nonchalance)
German
4 entries- Contenance noun (nonchalance)
- Lässigkeit noun (nonchalance)
- Nonchalance noun (nonchalance)
- Sorglosigkeit noun (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern)
Hungarian
1 entries- nemtörődömség noun (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern)
Italian
1 entries- non-chalance noun (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern)
Romanian
4 entries- degajare noun (nonchalance)
- dezinvoltură noun (nonchalance)
- impasibilitate noun (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern)
- indiferență noun (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern)
Russian
2 entries- беззабо́тность noun (nonchalance)
- безразли́чие noun (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern)
Spanish
1 entries- indolencia noun (carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A shirt cropped above the waist is only for those with a chiseled midriff or an insouciance for the aesthetic opinion of others.
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So Gelernter, with an insouciance he now regrets, also chose a Lovelace as a namesake—Linda, the lead actress in "Deep Throat."
Source: wiktionary
She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove.
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