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in⋅sou⋅ci⋅ance

  [in-soo-see-uhns; Fr. an-soo-syahns]
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–noun
the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.
Origin:
1790–1800; < F; see insouciant, -ance
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in·sou·ci·ance   (ĭn-sōō'sē-əns, āɴ'sōō-syäɴs')   
n.  Blithe lack of concern; nonchalance.
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Word Origin & History

insouciance 
1799, "carelessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness," from Fr. insouciant, from in- "not" + se soucier "to care," from L. sollicitare "to agitate" (see solicit).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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