nonchalance

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nonchalance

  • /ˈnɒnʃələns/ UK
  • /ˌnɑːnʃəˈlɑːns/ US

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Borrowed from French nonchalance.

noun nonchalances

  1. uncountable, usually Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.

    Similar: acedia, accedie, apathy, boredom, carefreeness, carelessness, coolness, disinterest, disregard, doldrums, ennui, heedlessness

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noun indifference; carelessness; coolness

Españolindiferente, descuidado
Portuguêsindiferença, descontração
Françaisnonchalance
DeutschNonchalance, Gelassenheit, Lässigkeit, Sprezzatura, Unbekümmertheit, Sorglosigkeit
Italianonon-chalance
Românănonșalanță
Русскийбезразли́чие bezrazlíčije, беззабо́тность bezzabótnostʹ, небре́жность nebréžnostʹ

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@misc{nonchalance_2026,
  title = {nonchalance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonchalance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}