insouciance

== English == === Etymology === From French insouciance, from in- (“not”) + souciant (“worrying”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈsuːsi.əns/ === Noun === insouciance (countable and uncountable, plural insouciances) Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern. Nonchalance. 2024, Patrik Jonsson and Melanie Stetson Freeman, Florida woman kills wild boar with mango. (This is not a meme.), in: The Christian Science Monitor, August 27 2024 She almost felt insulted by [the wild boar's] insouciance as it rooted in her grove. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:apathy ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From insouciant +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.su.sjɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s === Noun === insouciance f (plural insouciances) insouciance, unconcern; carelessness, recklessness === Further reading === “insouciance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012