as in disregard
lack of interest or concern
wandered into the meeting with complete insouciance to the fact that she was late
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Recent Examples of insouciance
The theme’s implicit insouciance becomes perplexing when accompanied by scientific studies and even a World Health Organization report touting the healing properties of art.
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Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
The victory over Leylah Fernandez on Arthur Ashe was beautiful for its innocence and insouciance.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Although riffing on the archetype of the bad girl is pop tradition, the new insouciance has a distinctly mischievous bent.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
For her, Gary constructs Ron, a dashing, swaggering fellow with devil-may-care insouciance and a hint of real danger.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
The victory over Leylah Fernandez on Arthur Ashe was beautiful for its innocence and insouciance.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Although riffing on the archetype of the bad girl is pop tradition, the new insouciance has a distinctly mischievous bent.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 21 June 2024
For her, Gary constructs Ron, a dashing, swaggering fellow with devil-may-care insouciance and a hint of real danger.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insouciance
Noun
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Agencies may not conduct large-scale reorganizations and reductions in force in blatant disregard of Congress's mandates, and a president may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress.—
Melissa Quinn
May 23,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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So who is to blame for this callous disregard of patient’s and her family’s grief?—
Brea Baker,
Refinery29,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Violence is also more common than ever on the screens of our laptops and phones, where social media catalogs accidents, bombings and dead children with eerie nonchalance.—
Alexandra Kleeman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Despite societal nonchalance, tuberculosis today kills up to 1.6 million globally yearly.—
Powel H. Kazanjian,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s a New Spirituality in Pop Music June 7, 1987 As religion and crypto-religion were locked in mortal combat, the AIDS plague was sweeping across gay communities like a firestorm, to the complete indifference of the federal government and their Christian handmaidens.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Watching The Disappearance of Josef Mengele leaves one without any real feeling beyond indifference or deep disgust.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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“Insouciance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insouciance. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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