Equanimity

//ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress. countable, uncountable

    "No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity."

  2. 2
    steadiness of mind under stress wordnet

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calmnesscalmnesscomposurecomposureserenityaccordance

Example

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"To say that she was perfectly content and satisfied with these arrangements, and regarded them as being no business of hers, and that she took her arms and legs as they came, and allowed them to dispose of themselves just as it happened, is to render faint justice to her equanimity."

Etymology

From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), from aequus (“even; calm; fair”) + animus (“mind, soul”) + -itās. By surface analysis, equ- + anim(us) + -ity.

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