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insouciance
in-SOO-see-uhns
noun
nonchalance; without due concern
1937Agatha ChristieDeath on the NileThere was now no insouciance, no malicious defiance, no dark flaming triumph.1959James A. MichenerHawaiiHis men also found him fun to be with, for he posed as having the insouciance that all young men in uniform like to think they have, and his company was one of the best.1971Frederick ForsythThe Day of the JackalIn a small office near the Porte des Lilas the insouciance did not penetrate.

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