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chalance

chalance noun: an attitude of seriousness and earnestness.

Noun

chalance (uncountable)

  1. An attitude of seriousness and earnestness.
    • But their nonchalance is too earnest: the effect is chalance.1961, Time - Volume 77, Part 2, page 44
    • The example I began with involved important news, and so some sense of shock, but chalance is more usually felt at unchanging matters of importance to us, not reserved for changes in the landscape of the important.2004, Robert C. Solomon, Thinking about Feeling: Contemporary Philosophers on Emotions

Origin of chalance

Back-formation from nonchalance

Questions about chalance

What does chalance mean?
Chalance means an attitude of seriousness and earnestness.
What part of speech is chalance?
Chalance is a noun.

Words near chalance in the dictionary

  1. Chalamaniacs
  2. Chalamba
  3. Chalampa
  4. chalan
  5. Chalan Beel
  6. chalance
  7. chalaned
  8. chalaning
  9. chalanned
  10. chalanning
  11. chalans

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