insouciancen.
/ansuːsˈjɒns//ɪnˈsuːsiəns/ Carelessness, indifference, unconcern.
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the mind > emotion > indifference > [noun]
carelessness1561
neutrality1561
indifferency1608
perfunctoriness1626
indifference1660
unconcernment1660
slightiness1662
unconcernedness1675
nonchalance1678
upsitting1680
equilibrium1685
inconcernedness1688
unconcernness1700
unconcern1711
indifferentness1727
Laodiceanism1774
facility1791
insouciance1799
aloofness1817
don't-carishness1821
pococurantism1823
don't-careism1834
don't-care-a-damnativeness1841
nonchalantness1878
casualness1882
disinterest1889
noncurance1904
uncaringness1930
1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xxi. 319 Among the poorer class of all countries prevails a kind of insouciance.
1847 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 82 Farewell the sweet insouciance of lettered ease.
1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent I. xii. 318 I could not help smiling at the diplomatic insouciance of this man.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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