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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
nonchalance
 
SYLLABICATION:non·cha·lance
PRONUNCIATION:  nnsh-läns
NOUN: Casual lack of concern: “The contemptuous nonchalance of her trailed hand irritated him” (Elizabeth Bowen).
 
 
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