chalance

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noun

An attitude of seriousness and earnestness.

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Meanings

nounchalance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn attitude of seriousness and earnestness.

    But their nonchalance is too earnest: the effect is chalance.

    1961, Time - Volume 77, Part 2, page 44
    2 more examples

    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

    I still felt cranked up, but Nat's chalance had been surgically removed years ago and he was perfectly at ease.

    2017, Michael Darling, Got Hope

Origin

Back-formation from nonchalance

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Lachance
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APA

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MLA

“chalance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalance. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalance.

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