equanimity
/ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti/
equanimity noun: the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
Noun
equanimity (countable and uncountable, plural equanimities)
- The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
- No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.1779, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
- In the very heart of the herd the din was terrific. It was almost dizzying in its effect. I paused and smiled reassuringly at Maud, for I had recovered my equanimity sooner than she.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- composure, calmness, even-mindedness
equanimity meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
equanimity in Tamil
- உள்ளச் சமநிலை, பற்றற்ற தன்மை, மன அமைதி
equanimity in Bengali
- মনের স্থিরতা, অবিচলতা
equanimity in Malayalam
- നിർവികാരത, ഉറപ്പ്, മനസ്സാന്നിദ്ധ്യം, സമചിത്തത
equanimity in Kannada
- ಸಮಚಿತ್ತತೆ, ಸ್ಥಿರಮತಿ, ಮನಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯ, ಚಿತ್ತಶಾಂತಿ, ಸ್ವಸ್ಥಚಿತ್ತತೆ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- equanimity in Sanskrit
- समत्व samatva
- equanimity in Arabic
- صَبْر ṣabr, تساوي tasāwī
- equanimity in Thai
- อุเบกขา ù-bèek-kǎa
Examples of equanimity in a sentence
- Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment.1954, Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions:
- 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”.2023 October 6, Ryan Gilbey, “The double life of Rock Hudson: ‘Let’s be frank, he was a horndog!’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Synonyms of equanimity
Forms of equanimity
| plural | equanimities |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | æquanimity |
Origin of equanimity
From French équanimité, from Latin aequanimitās (“calmness, equanimity”), from aequus (“even; calm; fair”) + animus (“mind, soul”) + -itās. By surface analysis, equ- + anim(us) + -ity.
Words formed from equanimity
Questions about equanimity
- What does equanimity mean?
- Equanimity means the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
- What is equanimity in Tamil?
- Equanimity in Tamil is உள்ளச் சமநிலை, பற்றற்ற தன்மை, மன அமைதி. See Equanimity meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use equanimity in a sentence?
- Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment.
- What part of speech is equanimity?
- Equanimity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce equanimity?
- Equanimity is pronounced /ˌɛkwəˈnɪmɪti/.
- What is the plural of equanimity?
- The plural of equanimity is equanimities.
Words near equanimity in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: equanimity (page history and authors); equanimity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Equanimity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); equanimity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); equanimity (Kannada 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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