nonchalance n : the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern [syn: unconcern, indifference]

see Nonchalance

English

Noun

1. indifference; carelessness; coolness.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔ̃.ʃa.lɑ̃s/
• SAMPA: /nO~.Sa.lA~s/

Noun

nonchalance f

1. nonchalance

accidia, acedia, aloofness, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blah, blahs, carelessness, casualness, comatoseness, detachment, disinterest, dispassion, disregard, disregardfulness, dullness, easygoingness, heartlessness, hebetude, heedlessness, hopelessness, inappetence, inattention, incuriosity, indifference, indiscrimination, inexcitability, insouciance, lack of affect, lack of appetite, lackadaisicalness, languidness, lethargicalness, lethargy, listlessness, mindlessness, negligence, numbness, offhandedness, passiveness, passivity, phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, plucklessness, pococurantism, recklessness, regardlessness, resignation, resignedness, sloth, sluggishness, sopor, soporifousness, spiritlessness, spunklessness, stupefaction, stupor, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, unanxiousness, unconcern, unmindfulness, unsolicitousness, withdrawnness