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I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.
Ogden Nash

Meaning of "insouciance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INSOUCIANCE

insouciance  [ɪnˈsuːsɪəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSOUCIANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Insouciance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INSOUCIANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of insouciance in the English dictionary

The definition of insouciance in the dictionary is the quality or state of being carefree or unconcerned; light-heartedness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSOUCIANCE


alliance
əˈlaɪəns
ambiance
ˈæmbɪəns
ambience
ˈæmbɪəns
appliance
əˈplaɪəns
audience
ˈɔːdɪəns
compliance
kəmˈplaɪəns
convenience
kənˈviːnɪəns
defiance
dɪˈfaɪəns
experience
ɪkˈspɪərɪəns
geoscience
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsaɪəns
nescience
ˈnɛsɪəns
neuroscience
ˈnjʊərəʊˌsaɪəns
obedience
əˈbiːdɪəns
omniscience
ɒmˈnɪsɪəns
prescience
ˈprɛsɪəns
radiance
ˈreɪdɪəns
reliance
rɪˈlaɪəns
resilience
rɪˈzɪlɪəns
science
ˈsaɪəns
variance
ˈvɛərɪəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSOUCIANCE

insolubleness
insolubly
insolvability
insolvable
insolvably
insolvency
insolvency provision
insolvent
insomnia
insomniac
insomnious
insomnolence
insomuch
insooth
insouciant
insouciantly
insoul
insoulment
insource
insourcing

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSOUCIANCE

advance
affiance
allegiance
analysis of variance
at variance
brilliance
Canadian Alliance
covariance
deviance
domestic appliance
invariance
irradiance
kitchen appliance
luxuriance
noncompliance
Pledge of Allegiance
self-reliance
the Alliance
Triple Alliance
valiance
War of the Grand Alliance

Synonyms and antonyms of insouciance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INSOUCIANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «insouciance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of insouciance

Translation of «insouciance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSOUCIANCE

Find out the translation of insouciance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of insouciance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «insouciance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

漫不经心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despreocupación
570 millions of speakers

English

insouciance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लापरवाही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللامبالاة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беззаботность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despreocupação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনাসক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insouciance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Insouciance
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unbekümmertheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無頓着
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무관심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepenak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

insouciance
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அக்கறையின்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्वस्थता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilgisizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spensieratezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niefrasobliwość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безтурботність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nonșalanță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεγνοιασιάς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onverschilligheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

insouciance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

insouciance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of insouciance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSOUCIANCE»

The term «insouciance» is regularly used and occupies the 99.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSOUCIANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about insouciance

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QUOTES WITH «INSOUCIANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word insouciance.
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Ogden Nash
I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSOUCIANCE»

Discover the use of insouciance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to insouciance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Insouciance
This is a powerful play, both comedic and compassionate, written in Dickins' distinctive style. (2 male, 1 female).
Barry Dickins, Jack Hibberd, 2001
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D. H. Lawrence: Late Essays and Articles
INSOUCIANCE. Having published 'The "Jeune Fille" Wants to Know' in the Evening News on 8 May 1928, Arthur Olley pursued his new recruit and, on 17 May, asked Lawrence to contribute four more articles. Through 5 Nancy Pearn, ...
D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton, 2004
3
Insouciance
The novel draws most of its tension, beauty, and humor from the title in so far as it examines the potential friction between the term's various shades of meaning—to be carefree, without worry, cheerful, as contrasted, of course, with a ...
Thomas Phillips, 2011
4
Nobody, Really, Likes You
To the delight of fiction and satire fans everywhere, Lorna Tollison, the irrepressible character from The O Line Mysteries ushers dejected reality-programming personalities back to the fictional world reintroducing civil discourse and ...
Lorna Tollison, Saylor Billings, 2009
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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 47, 2009:
Cette disposition contient un élément d'insouciance quant à la question de savoir si l'accusé sait que la mort est “de nature” à s'ensuivre et qu'il lui est indifférent que la mort s'ensuive ou non (en anglais, “he knows is likely to cause his death, ...
D.M. McRae, A.L.C. de Mestral, 2011
6
Incorrigible: Secrets Past & Present - Part One / Entrapments
Before the Council of Elders, we thus ofler an exposition on THE GOOD WORKS OF THE INSOUCIANCE ~Recorded and presented by Insouciance Guild Master Blanchard on behalf of Seated Elder of Insouciance, General Thackeray ...
Morgen Rich, 2013
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Soul of the World: Notes on the Future of Public Catholicism
Even worse than indifference is the calculated insouciance toward the Christian proposal common among a certain sort of intellectual in affluent societies today. This insouciance is rooted in a cavalier attitude toward the very possibility that ...
George Weigel, 1996
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THE EACH PROJECT - Cultural Heritage . Report July 2010
2.4–Three. motives: ignorance,. insouciance. ,. friponnerie. Every July citizens in Paris celebrate the destruction of the Bastille. Had they done that today they risked to be arrested immediately because they were destroying a cultural property of ...
Angelo Ferrari
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The Best Words
insouciance. (in-SOO-see-ans) noun lack of concern; indifference. Chicago is an extremely cosmopolitan city. Both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are hers. The Chicago newspapers advertise, impartially, sailings to Honolulu or Plymouth, ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
10
Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar
If private systems have been attacked, insouciance says that the government does not feel it has a responsibility to stop or even moderate the pain of feckless system owners. Insouciance declares, go ahead, work yourself up, attack us, get a ...
Martin C. Libicki, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSOUCIANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term insouciance is used in the context of the following news items.
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John Varvatos NYFWM Backstage - Mens hair, makeup - Style.com
Icons of the genre may conjure images of bad boys with devil-may-care insouciance, but make no mistake, the John Varvatos man may have ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
2
Greece's Lesson For Russia - Counterpunch
It is testimony to the insouciance of our time that the stark inconsistency of globalism with American unilateralism has passed unnoticed. «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
3
Lounge Review: Aiwa Maru - Livemint
There are jarring notes elsewhere in the novel—the insouciance with which a ship sailing out for maintenance work takes off on a 1,300 ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
4
SCOTT WILSON: Djokovic damned with faint praise despite …
He doesn't float through matches in the way that Federer does, or stand unruffled on the service line with a calm insouciance that suggests he is operating on a ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
5
The Watershed and 20000 Leagues Under the Sea reviews: A …
Abraham's direction is a feat of fearsome technical complexity, brought off with devilish insouciance. The technological marvels are more ... «National Post, Jul 15»
6
Surrounds is the Canberra Potters' Society 2015 Australian …
The vessels are delicate and fine and sit together with an air of protective insouciance redolent of the natural world yet not descriptive of it. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
'Dance of the Cranes' spins high above the issue of DC development
I came to the area early to poke around and got caught in a downpour. The sun was shining, which added a certain insouciance to the weather. «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
8
Mastering the Midsummer Ponytail: Kim Kardashian West, Karlie …
... which promise to be just as helpful for those hoping to emulate their discreetly sophisticated insouciance on this side of the pond. 1 / 6. «Vogue.com, Jul 15»
9
Encores & Curtain Calls: Musical dramatization of Babar story …
Yes, believe it or not, there is a substantial infusion of Bach's rigor and formality lurking just beneath the facade of French insouciance that is ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
10
We're Obsessed: In Praise of Paris
Consider it a chic melding of American sensibilities and Parisian insouciance; Madewell is launching its second collaboration with French cult ... «HarpersBAZAAR.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Insouciance [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/insouciance>. May 2024 ».
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