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INSOUCIANCE

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

• INSOUCIANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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