insouciance

insouciance
Synonyms and related words:
abandon, accidia, acedia, aloofness, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, boredom, careless abandon, carelessness, casualness, comatoseness, cursoriness, detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, disregard, disregardfulness, dullness, easiness, easygoingness, forgetfulness, hastiness, heartlessness, hebetude, heedlessness, hopelessness, impassiveness, impassivity, inappetence, inattention, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, indifferentism, indifferentness, indiscrimination, inexcitability, intellectual inertia, lack of affect, lack of appetite, lack of foresight, lack of interest, lackadaisicalness, languidness, lassitude, laziness, lethargicalness, lethargy, listlessness, mindlessness, negligence, nonchalance, numbness, oblivion, offhandedness, passiveness, passivity, perfunctoriness, phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, pococurantism, recklessness, regardlessness, resignation, resignedness, sloth, sluggishness, sopor, soporifousness, spiritlessness, sprezzatura, spunklessness, stolidity, stupefaction, stupor, supineness, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, unanxiousness, unconcern, unheedfulness, uninquisitiveness, uninterestedness, unmindfulness, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unthinkingness, withdrawal, withdrawnness

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  • insouciance — [ ɛ̃susjɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1752; de insouciant ♦ État ou caractère d une personne insouciante. ⇒ détachement, imprévoyance, indifférence, indolence. L insouciance de la jeunesse. Vivre, travailler dans l insouciance (cf. Ne pas s en faire). « L… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Insouciance — In sou ciance , n. [F.] Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • insouciance — index disinterest (lack of interest), disregard (unconcern), indifference Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • insouciance — 1799, from Fr. insouciant carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + se soucier to care, from L. sollicitare to agitate (see SOLICIT (Cf. solicit)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • INSOUCIANCE — s. f. État ou caractère de celui qui est insouciant. Il est là dessus d une grande insouciance. C est un homme d une grande insouciance, d une extrême insouciance. Une coupable insouciance …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • insouciance — (in sou si an s ) s. f. État ou caractère de celui qui est insouciant. •   Du doge rassuré par mon insouciance Rien ne peut ébranler l aveugle confiance, ANCELOT Fiesque, IV, 5. •   Les simples soldats, qui voient toute leur vie dans le moment… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • INSOUCIANCE — n. f. état ou caractère de celui qui est insouciant. C’est un homme d’une extrême insouciance. Une coupable insouciance de l’avenir lui a fait dissiper toute sa fortune …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • insouciance — [[t]ɪnsu͟ːsiəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT Insouciance is lack of concern shown by someone about something which they might be expected to take more seriously. [FORMAL] He replied with characteristic insouciance: So what? Syn: nonchalance …   English dictionary

  • insouciance — in|sou|ci|ance [ınˈsu:siəns] n [U] formal [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: soucier to trouble ] a cheerful feeling of not caring or worrying about anything = ↑nonchalance ▪ an air of insouciance >insouciant adj >insouciantly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • insouciance —    (ihn SOO see ens, enh soo see ANHSS) [French: freedom from worry] The quality of being carefree, lighthearted, or jaunty.    She was able to hide her distress behind a facade of insouciance …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • insouciance — noun (U) formal a cheerful feeling of not caring or worrying about anything: He strolled through the house with an air of insouciance. insouciant adjective insouciantly adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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