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insouciance

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


















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

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Let’s hope his insouciance isn’t as contagious as the virus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

City's team structure has seldom afforded Grealish the license to take on and glide past opponents as he did with such insouciance as the talismanic captain at boyhood club Aston Villa.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

“Brimming with a sloppy insouciance, their debut album often is cited as one of the building blocks of the late ‘70s punk movement,” The Times wrote in an early review.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

He tried to tighten up his face into a mask of insouciance, worldliness, and control.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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