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Ataraxy

//ˈatəɹaksi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ataraxia; freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference. uncountable, usually

    "When the Pyrrhonians say, that ataraxy is the chiefe felicitie, which is the immobilitie of judgement, their meaning is not to speake it affirmatively[…]."

  2. 2
    State of psychological calm and tranquility, absence of discomfort, or metabolical inactivity. uncountable, usually

    "Ataraxy can be produced by ataractics, drugs that have a calming or quieting effect."

Etymology

From Middle French ataraxie, from Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía, “impassiveness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + ταράσσω (tarássō, “I disturb”). Doublet of ataraxia.

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