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Definition of insouciance noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

insouciance

noun
 
/ɪnˈsuːsiəns/
 
/ɪnˈsuːsiəns/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the state of not being worried about anything synonym nonchalance
    • She hid her worries behind an air of insouciance.
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: French, from insouciant, from in- ‘not’ + souciant ‘worrying’ (present participle of soucier).
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