insouciance
insouciance
definition
noun
an impression of boyish insouciance
casual lack of concern; indifference.
example
We began by trying not to be London style snobs, to keep our metropolitan 'insouciance' zipped, but the sheer volume, the boundless gaudy vulgarity of it, overwhelms you, and you just have to howl with derision.
Its unhappy record of arrogant 'insouciance' and incompetence as a monopoly service provider has given its new rivals a record of leaky credibility against which to run.
Perhaps this partly explains the stoicism and 'insouciance' of those Brits interviewed on the streets, all of whom seemed to know that a certain sang-froid was expected of them.
Mostly, though, Sanders' cheerful 'insouciance' could not be less calculating.
Wahlberg gives the same performance as in his last five movies and lacks the breezy 'insouciance' the picture needs.
We enjoy his 'insouciance' and defiance; he has all the best characteristics in a movie where few have any redeeming value.
As what W. H. Auden called the ‘dishonest decade’ grew grimmer, the New Yorker's editorial policy shifted from 'insouciance' to concern.
Their addiction to the intoxicating thrill of climbing, coupled with the magnificent 'insouciance' of youth, led them to take on a challenge which had defeated everyone else.
He incessantly joshes his son, once slugs him in the face with a vase, cracks terrible jokes, struts around in a tweed jacket, and generally makes a virtue out of 'insouciance' and brio.
an impression of boyish 'insouciance'
This would seem to explain their 'insouciance' about appearing as actors in a drama series that will, if all goes to plan, transform them into successful musicians.
His 'insouciance' spreads a calm that would have you believe that there is nothing that makes his first post different from any other managerial position.
There was also a degree of 'insouciance' about recycling the compost.
It is also a remarkably accurate portrait of a family who, in two postwar generations, leap from the daily struggle to keep body and soul together to public school 'insouciance' and confidence.
After a wobbly start, balance and confidence come back, though not sufficiently to allow one hand to reach down for the water bottle at speed, never mind that old teenage 'insouciance' of riding with both hands in the trouser pockets.
There are, admittedly, some who would contend that he can overdo the cavalier 'insouciance' , but, assuredly, the confidence he oozes is certainly very welcome.
Her sultry good looks, airy 'insouciance' and withering scorn would have made me her instant slave.
I wish I could agree with this call for mature 'insouciance' , one year on.
Releasing a fierce battle cry, I pounded flailing fist after flailing fist onto him, oblivious to his 'insouciance' and lack of flinching.
an impression of boyish 'insouciance'
I find his 'insouciance' about the difficulty of figuring out ethics disconcerting, though he's right that Nietzsche collapses into Platonism.
He has that enviably precise balance of familiarity and distance, humor and restraint, 'insouciance' laced with respect.
They always seemed so blasé, so effortlessly cool; 'insouciant' , suntanned, with great clothes.
She 'insouciantly' draws on her parents' conservative attitudes for her routines with a trademark deadpan.
But whatever the 'insouciant' stage persona said, underneath Smith desperately wanted approval.
In this regard several essays published in 1987 clearly mark a turning point, not to mention the 'insouciant' crashing of psychoanalytic theory on the Black Studies scene.
Tiring of this, the Gerrys 'insouciantly' strike out for a hike off the beaten track.
The path arcs along the curve of the precipice, a 3,000-foot drop just inches away, but Douré is surefooted, singing quietly, 'insouciant' .
The Maine photographs aren't as 'insouciantly' riveting as his New York images.
Extant anthropoids appear to be blithely 'insouciant' to such syndromes.
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