NONCHALANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonchalance mean? 

• NONCHALANCE (noun)
  The noun NONCHALANCE has 1 sense:

1. the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

  Familiarity information: NONCHALANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONCHALANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

indifference; nonchalance; unconcern

Hypernyms ("nonchalance" is a kind of...):

carefreeness (the trait of being without worry or responsibility)

Derivation:

nonchalant (marked by blithe unconcern)

 Context examples 

A certain superciliousness of look, coolness of manner, nonchalance of tone, express fully their sentiments on the point, without committing them by any positive rudeness in word or deed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)