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All insouciance synonyms

in·sou·ci·ance
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noun insouciance

  • ignoring — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
  • lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
  • indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • insensitivity — deficient in human sensibility, acuteness of feeling, or consideration; unfeeling; callous: an insensitive person.
  • negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
  • disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
  • inattention — lack of attention; negligence.
  • apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
  • disrespect — Lack of respect or courtesy.
  • scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • contempt — If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
  • simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
  • nonchalance — the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness.
  • composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
  • quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
  • dexterity — Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind.
  • familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
  • poise — a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in which a stress of one dyne per square centimeter is required to maintain a difference of velocity of one centimeter per second between two parallel planes in the fluid that lie in the direction of flow and are separated by a distance of one centimeter. Symbol: P.
  • efficiency — the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.
  • flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
  • aplomb — If you do something with aplomb, you do it with confidence in a relaxed way.
  • fluency — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
  • carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
  • lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
  • alienation — a turning away; estrangement
  • inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
  • callousness — made hard; hardened.
  • inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
  • drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
  • casualness — happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
  • spontaneity — the state, quality, or fact of being spontaneous.
  • passiveness — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
  • dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
  • coolness — moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
  • insensibility — incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.
  • stoicism — a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 b.c., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.
  • listlessness — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
  • dispassion — the state or quality of being unemotional or emotionally uninvolved.
  • aloofness — the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference: His girlfriend's recent aloofness may be a sign that the relationship is over.
  • detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
  • coldness — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
  • unconcern — absence of feeling or concern; indifference.
  • disinterest — absence of interest; indifference.
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • unresponsiveness — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
  • lassitude — weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
  • passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
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