Nonchalance

//ˌnɑːnʃəˈlɑːns// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern wordnet

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indifferenceunconcernabandonmentaccedieaccidiaacedia

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"With an air of nonchalance which, under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground, the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings."

Etymology

Borrowed from French nonchalance.

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