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What does insouciance mean? (From Sinclair's The Jungle)

Insouciance is a state of calm; the quality or state of being untroubled and carefree.

[Freddie] smiled at Jurgis confidingly, and then started talking again, with his blissful insouciance. This time he talked for ten minutes at a stretch, and in the course of the speech he told Jurgis all of his family history.

From Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

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