insouciance
- apathy n.
- disregard n.
- ease n.
- hebetude n.
- impassivity n.
- inconsequence n.
- inconsequentiality n.
- inconsequentialness n.
- incuriosity n.
- incuriousness n.
- indifference n.
- informality n.
- insensibleness n.
- insignificancy n.
- languidness n.
- leadenness n.
- lethargy n.
- nonchalance n.
- phlegm n.
- stolidity n.
- stolidness n.
- torpidity n.
- unconcern n.
- uninterest n.
- unresponsiveness n.
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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
Let’s hope his insouciance isn’t as contagious as the virus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 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
Seberg’s haircut in the original film, a super-short, blond pixie cut, rewrote fashion trends around the world and encapsulated a spirit of youthful, diffident insouciance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Chamberlin had planned the meeting as a trap to try to shatter Holmes’s imperturbable façade, and was impressed with Holmes’s ability to maintain his insouciance despite the rancor in the room.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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