Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Evenness of mind or temper; calmness or firmness, especially under conditions adapted to excite great emotion; a state of resistance to elation, depression, anger, etc.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure.
WordNet 3.0
- n. steadiness of mind under stress
Etymologies
- From Latin aequanimitās ("calmness, equanimity"), from aequus ("even; calm; fair") + animus ("mind, soul") + -itās. (Wiktionary)
- Latin aequanimitās, from aequanimus, even-tempered, impartial : aequus, even + animus, mind; see anə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“We weren’t rolling in money, but we certainly had enough to live well, and I approached my thirties with a certain … no, I really don’t want to use the word equanimity here, even though it’s apt.”
“When faced with a "Let it be" scenario, your sense of equanimity is the greatest victory.”
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“The only mainstream name I can think of with anything approaching equanimity is Broder.”
“Another usage of the word equanimity refers to Buddhas having equanimity toward everyone.”
“When we achieve enlightenment, we attain a state of equanimity, which is neither happy nor sad.”
“The secret of this equanimity has been the knowledge that they held in reserve one of the most effective weapons of war, which hitherto they had allowed the enemy to wield against themselves.”
“His equanimity is his pride, and he rarely uses the bully pulpit of the Presidency for explicit criticism.”
“We can maintain non-attachment in equanimity, which is to remain balanced and not pulled one way or another by attraction or aversion.”
“Christopher DeMuth, the president of the conservative think tank, went out of his way to praise Rove's "equanimity" in the face of "sharks in the water.”
“Look, he's got a kind of equanimity that's very good and he recovered last night.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘equanimity’.
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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PHIL - vocabulary of thinking
philosophy, Socratic, dialogue, philosopher, Athenian, philosophical, politic, Greek, method, death, ancient, believe and 243 more...
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from phrontistery.info
eagre, earing, earwig, easement, eau-de-nil, ebberman, ebeneous, ?boulement, ebriection, ?brillade, ebrious, ebullioscope and 616 more...
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Classic
aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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GRE Barron's 800
zealot, wistful, welter, wary, whimsical, warranted, vortex, vivisection, volatile, vitiate, viscous, visage and 787 more...
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Words from Blood Meridian
visage, affray, scullery, miasma, mirth, purlieu, tacit, benighted, wickiup, corral, amble, accoutre and 210 more...
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501
Classic
aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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From reading
Collected from reading
venerate, reprobate, reticent, adoration, ethereal, ephemeral, equivocal, contumacious, heinous, solicitous, agnostic, aberration and 335 more...
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501
Classic
aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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501
Classic
bane, bilk, boor, elan, ado, toil, onus, aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august and 401 more...
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man gre
abase, abeyance, abreast, abscission, abscond, abyss, accede, accretion, acerbic, acidulous, acumen, adulterate and 483 more...
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GRE
sycophant, obsequious, volubility, equanimity, enervate, effrontery, impertinent, platitude, impudence, quiescent, propitiate, equivocate and 107 more...
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GRE Practice
coruscate, preternatural, preclude, retrench, perfidy, sophistry, sedulous, martinet, churlish, dissembler, prevarication, impugn and 38 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1824 more...
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Words from Moby Dick
frigate, presumptuous, genteel, succor, hearthstone, gentry, factitious, bilious, insurgent, portent, enervate, genuflect and 303 more...
Tweets
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logophile wajo22: Did you mean invective? Oct 1, 2008
dewiclark29 –noun. mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium. Sep 11, 2008
kewpid “Rehnquist took the news with equanimity. Antonin Scalia did not.�?
— Jeffrey Toobin, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2007) at 55. Jun 6, 2008
wajo22 It takes guts to retain your equanimity when you are struck by investive Apr 10, 2008
sonofgroucho Surely epitomised by Kipling's "If"? Nov 21, 2007
brtom To embrace a truth at the price of one's vanity repays the cost in the coin of equanimity.
Nick Piombino, Fait Accompli Dec 19, 2006