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insouciant

[ in-soo-see-uhnt; French an-soo-syahn ]

adjective

  1. free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

    Synonyms: unconcerned, easygoing, relaxed, breezy, jaunty, lighthearted



insouciant

/ ɪnˈsuːsɪənt /

adjective

  1. carefree or unconcerned; light-hearted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • inˈsouciance, noun
  • inˈsouciantly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • in·souci·ant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of insouciant1

First recorded in 1820–30; from French, equivalent to in- in- 3 + souciant “worrying,” present participle of soucier “to worry,” from Vulgar Latin sollicītāre (unrecorded), from Latin sollicitāre “to disturb”; solicitous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of insouciant1

C19: from French, from in- 1+ souciant worrying, from soucier to trouble, from Latin sollicitāre; compare solicitous
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Example Sentences

Tall and lean, Mr. Shih smiled for the cameras, his hands tucked in his pockets, in what he said was an effort to convey insouciant confidence.

This demand gives the lie to a common misconception of liberalism, namely, that it is an ethic of insouciant self-indulgence, a politics for blithe egoists.

From Salon

Reva said he was confident that the soul of Odesa — insouciant, sardonic, seductive — would survive the war.

Trump defiantly planned a victory lap and campaign event for his arraignment day—the media complied by covering him as insouciant.

From Salon

Faced with criticism of the book’s uncredited reliance on anthropological research, Andrade offered up, in an open letter, a typically insouciant response: “I copied Brazil.”

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