Placidity

//pləˈsɪd.ə.ti// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being placid; peacefulness. uncountable, usually

    "And how could she bear such behaviour! Composure with a witness! to look on, while repeated attentions were offering to another woman, before her face, and not resent it.—That is a degree of placidity, which I can neither comprehend nor respect."

  2. 2
    a disposition free from stress or emotion wordnet
  3. 3
    a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling wordnet

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serenityataraxycalmcalmnesscomposurecomposure

Example

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"Klüver–Bucy syndrome is associated with placidity, hypersexuality, and hyperorality."

Etymology

From placid + -ity, from Latin placiditās (“mildness, placidity”).

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