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insouciance

[in-soo-see-uhns, an-soo-syahns] / ɪnˈsu si əns, ɛ̃ suˈsjɑ̃s /


















NOUN
nonchalance
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Dancing’s insouciance is reexamined so frequently throughout the album’s first half that one might read its message as hollow, like a desperate attempt to ignore all of the troubles outside the club.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

And with the new millennium fast approaching, the consumer needed Jacobs’ brand of sartorial insouciance.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2026

And he has done so with a light-fingered insouciance that makes every scene incandescent with funny contemporary allusions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

The Australian, who was ranked 13th in the world at his peak, played with an air of insouciance throughout.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

The staffs insouciance may have reflected the infrequency of acute injuries.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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