NONCHALANCES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

nonchalance

noun

ˌnän-shə-ˈlän(t)s

Definition of nonchalance

as in disregard

lack of interest or concern with their usual nonchalance they arrived at the wedding ceremony half an hour late

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Recent Examples of nonchalance There’s a Moon alert, which lightens the feelings of all your social exchanges and encourages a carefree nonchalance to everything. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Aug. 2026 Spain’s talisman was Lamine Yamal, its nineteen-year-old right winger, who plays the game with bleached tips, implausible speed, and nonchalance, but its superego was Rodri, the team’s central midfielder and captain. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 But in the era of dating apps − essentially another form of social media − the nonchalance with which so many approach dating has gotten out of hand. — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Max Cady should be an unsettling interruption, a man who undermines our ideas of right and wrong through his nonchalance about his own wickedness; here, the most unsettling thing about him are those teal contact lenses. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonchalance

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Their leaders appeared to disregard reports that Iranian decision-makers had called on them, in July 2026, to close the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb to maritime traffic.

— Laurent Bonnefoy, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
Any choice for or against the work, including the choice of no-choice—of indifference or disregard—confronts the question of authenticity.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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