"equanimity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti/, /ˌiːkwəˈnɪmɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-equanimity.wav Forms: equanimities [plural]
Etymology: From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), from aequus (“even; calm; fair”) + animus (“mind, soul”) + -itās. By surface analysis, equ- + animus + -ity. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|équanimité}} French équanimité, {{uder|en|la|aequanimitās||calmness, equanimity}} Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), {{surf|en|equ-|animus|-ity}} By surface analysis, equ- + animus + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} equanimity (countable and uncountable, plural equanimities)
  1. The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: composure, calmness, even-mindedness, æquanimity [archaic] Related terms: equanimous Translations (state of being calm): egaligheid (Afrikaans), صَبْر (ṣabr) [masculine] (Arabic), تساوي (tasāwī) (Arabic), халоднакро́ўе (xalodnakróŭje) [neuter] (Belarusian), самаўлада́нне (samaŭladánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), незбянтэ́жнасць (njezbjantéžnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), хладнокръвие (hladnokrǎvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), самообладание (samoobladanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), equanimitat [feminine] (Catalan), 平和 (ping⁴ wo⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 鎮靜 (Chinese Cantonese), 镇静 (english: zan³ zing⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 沉着 (cam⁴ zoek⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), sebeovládání [neuter] (Czech), gelatenheid (Dutch), berusting (Dutch), kalmte (Dutch), gelijkmoedigheid [feminine] (Dutch), egalanimeco (Esperanto), tyyneys (Finnish), mielentyyneys (Finnish), équanimité [feminine] (French), სიმშვიდე (simšvide) (Georgian), Gelassenheit [feminine] (German), Gleichmut [masculine] (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌴𐌹 (anawiljei) [feminine] (Gothic), γαλήνη (galíni) [feminine] (Greek), sochmaíocht [feminine] (Irish), equanimità [feminine] (Italian), 安心 (anjin) (alt: あんじん) (Japanese), 正念 (shōnen) (alt: しょうねん) (Japanese), aequanimitās [feminine] (Latin), aequitās [feminine] (Latin), рамнодушност (ramnodušnost) (Macedonian), equanimidade [feminine] (Portuguese), liniște [feminine] (Romanian), хладнокро́вие (xladnokróvije) [neuter] (Russian), самооблада́ние (samoobladánije) [neuter] (Russian), невозмути́мость (nevozmutímostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), समत्व (samatva) [neuter] (Sanskrit), staloženost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hladnokrvnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ecuanimidad (Spanish), jämnmod (Swedish), själsro (Swedish), sinnesro (Swedish), อุเบกขา (ù-bèek-kǎa) (Thai), maimatsäññe (Tocharian B), холоднокро́вність (xolodnokróvnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), самовлада́ння (samovladánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), незвору́шність (nezvorúšnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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          "roman": "ping⁴ wo⁴",
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          "code": "yue",
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          "code": "yue",
          "english": "zan³ zing⁶",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "cam⁴ zoek⁶",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "simšvide",
          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "roman": "nevozmutímostʹ",
          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "word": "невозмути́мость"
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "ù-bèek-kǎa",
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          "word": "อุเบกขา"
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          "sense": "state of being calm",
          "word": "maimatsäññe"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xolodnokróvnistʹ",
          "sense": "state of being calm",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "холоднокро́вність"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "samovladánnja",
          "sense": "state of being calm",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "самовлада́ння"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nezvorúšnistʹ",
          "sense": "state of being calm",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "незвору́шність"
        }
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˌiːkwəˈnɪmɪti/"
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gothic translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
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          "ref": "1779, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther:",
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          "ref": "1954, Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions:",
          "text": "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment.",
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          "ref": "2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "We find Hudson himself, a vision of unwavering equanimity, admitting that as a child he didn’t dare mention his acting dreams for fear they would be dismissed as “sissy stuff”.",
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      "ipa": "/ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌiːkwəˈnɪmɪti/"
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      "word": "composure"
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    {
      "word": "calmness"
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      "word": "even-mindedness"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "egaligheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣabr",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَبْر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tasāwī",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "تساوي"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xalodnakróŭje",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "халоднакро́ўе"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "samaŭladánnje",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самаўлада́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njezbjantéžnascʹ",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "незбянтэ́жнасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hladnokrǎvie",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хладнокръвие"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samoobladanie",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самообладание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "equanimitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ping⁴ wo⁴",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "平和"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "鎮靜"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "zan³ zing⁶",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "镇静"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "cam⁴ zoek⁶",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "沉着"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sebeovládání"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "gelatenheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "berusting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "kalmte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gelijkmoedigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "egalanimeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "tyyneys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "mielentyyneys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "équanimité"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "simšvide",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "სიმშვიდე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gelassenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gleichmut"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "anawiljei",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌴𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "galíni",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γαλήνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sochmaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "equanimità"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anjin",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "安心"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうねん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōnen",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "正念"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aequanimitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aequitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ramnodušnost",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "рамнодушност"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "equanimidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liniște"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xladnokróvije",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хладнокро́вие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samoobladánije",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самооблада́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevozmutímostʹ",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "невозмути́мость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "samatva",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "समत्व"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "staloženost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hladnokrvnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "ecuanimidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "jämnmod"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "själsro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "sinnesro"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ù-bèek-kǎa",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "อุเบกขา"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "word": "maimatsäññe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xolodnokróvnistʹ",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "холоднокро́вність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samovladánnja",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "самовлада́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nezvorúšnistʹ",
      "sense": "state of being calm",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "незвору́шність"
    }
  ],
  "word": "equanimity"
}

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