Definition of Insouciance

1. Noun. The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you.


Definition of Insouciance

1. n. Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.

Definition of Insouciance

1. Noun. carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern ¹

2. Noun. nonchalance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insouciance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insouciance

insomnias
insomnious
insomnolence
insomnolences
insomnolent
insomuch
insonate
insonation
insonicate
insonicated
insonication
insonify
insonorous
insooth
insorption
insouciance (current term)
insouciances
insouciant
insouciantly
insoul
insouled
insouling
insouls
insource
insourced
insources
insourcing
inspan
inspanned
inspanning

Literary usage of Insouciance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson, Bolton Glanvill Corney, James Stewart (1908)
"... THE insouciance OF NATIVE RACES IF we were called upon to name the one invention that stands between savagery and the growth of civilization we might ..."

2. The White Man's Grave: A Visit to Sierra Leone, in 1834 by F. Harrison Rankin (1836)
"insouciance of White Residents.—Policy of representing Sierra Leone to be unhealthy.—Inquiries.—Relation of the Peninsula to the surrounding Country. ..."

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