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BNC: 19309 COCA: 22634

equanimity

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equanimity /ˌiːkwəˈnɪməti/ /ˌɛkwəˈnɪməti/ noun
equanimity
/ˌiːkwəˈnɪməti/ /ˌɛkwəˈnɪməti/
noun
Learner's definition of EQUANIMITY
[noncount] formal
: calm emotions when dealing with problems or pressure冷静;镇定;沉着
BNC: 19309 COCA: 22634

equanimity

noun

equa·​nim·​i·​ty ˌē-kwə-ˈni-mə-tē How to pronounce equanimity (audio)
ˌe-kwə-
plural equanimities
1
: evenness of mind especially under stress
nothing could disturb his equanimity
2
: right disposition : balance
physical equanimity

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Keep Things Balanced With the Definition of Equanimity

If you think "equanimity" looks like it has something to do with "equal," you've guessed correctly. Both "equanimity" and "equal" are derived from "aequus," a Latin adjective meaning "level" or "equal." "Equanimity" comes from the combination of "aequus" and "animus" ("soul" or "mind") in the Latin phrase aequo animo, which means "with even mind." English speakers began using "equanimity" early in the 17th century with the now obsolete sense "fairness or justness of judgment," which was in keeping with the meaning of the Latin phrase. Equanimity quickly came to suggest keeping a cool head under any sort of pressure, not merely when presented with a problem, and eventually, it developed an extended sense for general balance and harmony.

Choose the Right Synonym for equanimity

equanimity, composure, sangfroid mean evenness of mind under stress.

equanimity suggests a habit of mind that is only rarely disturbed under great strain.

accepted her troubles with equanimity

composure implies the controlling of emotional or mental agitation by an effort of will or as a matter of habit.

maintaining his composure even under hostile questioning

sangfroid implies great coolness and steadiness under strain.

handled the situation with professional sangfroid

Example Sentences

Those who are doomed to become artists are seldom blessed with equanimity. They are tossed to drunken heights, only to be brought down into a sludge of headachy despair; their arrogance gives way to humiliation at the next curve of the switchback. Patrick White, Flaws in the Glass, (1981) 1983 She's heading straight for us—he thought.  … And his uneasiness grew by the recollection of the forty tons of dynamite in the body of the Ferndale; not the sort of cargo one thinks of with equanimity in connexion with a threatened collision. Joseph Conrad, Chance, (1913) 1924 an Olympic diver who always displays remarkable equanimity on the platform
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Word History

Etymology

Latin aequanimitas, from aequo animo with even mind

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of equanimity was circa 1616
BNC: 19309 COCA: 22634

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