how to pronounce insouciance

/ɪnˈsuː.si.əns/

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insouciance is pronounced in four syllables

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ɪnssiəns

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An example use of insouciance in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… uluru with the insouciance only a …”

meanings of insouciance

noun:

  1. Carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern.
  2. Nonchalance.

insouciance frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word insouciance occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics insouciance can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that insouciance can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to insouciance

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