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ataraxies

ataraxies is the plural of ataraxy.

Meaning of ataraxy

Noun

ataraxy (usually uncountable, plural ataraxies)

  1. (usually) Ataraxia; freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.
    • When the Pyrrhonians say, that ataraxy is the chiefe felicitie, which is the immobilitie of judgement, their meaning is not to speake it affirmatively[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (usually, pharmacy) State of psychological calm and tranquility, absence of discomfort, or metabolical inactivity.
    • Ataraxy can be produced by ataractics, drugs that have a calming or quieting effect.2000, M. Basavanna, Dictionary of Psychology, Allied Publishers, →ISBN, page 28

Questions about ataraxies

What is ataraxies the plural of?
Ataraxies is the plural of ataraxy.

Words near ataraxies in the dictionary

  1. ataractics
  2. ataraxia
  3. ataraxias
  4. ataraxic
  5. ataraxics
  6. ataraxies
  7. ataraxis
  8. ataraxy
  9. atari
  10. ATARI Democrat
  11. ATARI Democrats

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