Meaning

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

    Gelassenheit, Gleichmut

    хладнокро́виеxladnokróvije, самооблада́ниеsamoobladánije, невозмути́мостьnevozmutímostʹ

    холоднокро́вністьxolodnokróvnistʹ, самовлада́нняsamovladánnja, незвору́шністьnezvorúšnistʹ

    steadiness of mind under stress

Examples

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  1. Buddhists believe in loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

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  2. Buddhists believe in equanimity, a quality Christians do not focus on.

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  3. Buddhists believe in equanimity, a quality on which Christians do not focus.

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  4. The Jewish concept of "menuchat hanefesh," calmness of the soul, encompasses both mindfulness and equanimity.

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Translations

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Origin

From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), from aequus (“ev

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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Forms

plural: equanimities
Singularequanimity
Pluralequanimities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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