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nonchalance

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non·cha·lance  (nnsh-läns)
n.
Casual lack of concern: "The contemptuous nonchalance of her trailed hand irritated him" (Elizabeth Bowen).
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Noun1.nonchalancenonchalance - the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
carefreeness - the trait of being without worry or responsibility

nonchalance
noun indifference, insouciance, detachment, unconcern, cool (slang), calm, apathy, composure, carelessness, equanimity, casualness, sang-froid, self-possession, dispassion, imperturbability He walked in with exaggerated nonchalance, his hands in his pockets.
Translations
nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃələns] N
1. (= casualness) → despreocupación f
with affected nonchalancecon un descuido afectado
2. (= indifference) → falta f de interés
nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃələns] nnonchalance f
nonchalance
nLässigkeit f, → Nonchalance f
nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃləns] ndisinvoltura, indifferenza
nonchalance [ˈnɒnʃləns] ndisinvoltura, indifferenza


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The nonchalance of the legs is the first lesson to be learnt in such a masquerade as this.
He treated his Serene Highness with a somewhat affected nonchalance intended to show that, as a highly trained military man, he left it to Russians to make an idol of this useless old man, but that he knew whom he was dealing with.
He sat on a table in the Johnson home and dangled his checked legs with an enticing nonchalance.
 
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