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ataraxy

UK/ˈatəɹaksi/

ataraxy noun: ataraxia; freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.

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
    • Youth all around prancing, vociferating, mocking; callow and alien youth, having to be looked after and studied and taught, as though nothing but it mattered, term after term—and now, all of a sudden, in mid-term, peace, ataraxy, a profound and leisured stillness.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter 21, in Zuleika Dobson, New York: John Lane, published 1912, page 319
  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

ataraxy meaning in Urdu

ataraxy in Urdu

مطمعین, پُرسکون

Examples of ataraxy in a sentence

  • There was no longer any need for fortitude: he felt nothing at present and there was no point in artificial ataraxy.1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
  • I was nonplussed, I stared at my teacher, never before had his swollen face seemed so replete with indifference, stone ataraxy.1993, Will Self, My Idea Of Fun:

Forms of ataraxy

pluralataraxies

Origin of ataraxy

From Middle French ataraxie, from Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía, “impassiveness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + ταράσσω (tarássō, “I disturb”). Doublet of ataraxia.

Questions about ataraxy

What does ataraxy mean?
Ataraxy means ataraxia; freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.
What is ataraxy in Urdu?
Ataraxy in Urdu is مطمعین, پُرسکون. See Ataraxy meaning in Urdu.
How do you use ataraxy in a sentence?
There was no longer any need for fortitude: he felt nothing at present and there was no point in artificial ataraxy.
What part of speech is ataraxy?
Ataraxy is a noun.
How do you pronounce ataraxy?
Ataraxy is pronounced /ˈatəɹaksi/ (UK).
What is the plural of ataraxy?
The plural of ataraxy is ataraxies.

Words near ataraxy in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ataraxy (page history and authors); ataraxy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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