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INSOUCIANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does insouciance mean?
• INSOUCIANCE (noun)
The noun INSOUCIANCE has 1 sense:
1. the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
Familiarity information: INSOUCIANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
carefreeness; insouciance; lightheartedness; lightsomeness
Hypernyms ("insouciance" is a kind of...):
blitheness; cheerfulness (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits)
Derivation:
insouciant (marked by blithe unconcern)
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