equanimity
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equanimity
- /ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti/
- /ˌiːkwəˈnɪmɪti/
Where it comes from
From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), from aequus (“even; calm; fair”) + animus (“mind, soul”) + -itās. By surface analysis, equ- + anim(us) + -ity.
noun equanimities · æquanimity
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The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
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.
Similar: composure, calmness, even-mindedness
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noun state of being calm
| Español | ecuanimidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 평정 pyeongjeong |
| 日本語 | 安心 anjin, 正念 shōnen |
| Português | equanimidade |
| Français | équanimité |
| Deutsch | Gelassenheit, Gleichmut |
| Italiano | equanimità |
| Ελληνικά | γαλήνη galíni |
| Română | liniște |
| Русский | хладнокро́вие xladnokróvije, самооблада́ние samoobladánije, невозмути́мость nevozmutímostʹ |
| العربية | صَبْر ṣabr, تساوي tasāwī |
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title = {equanimity},
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