as in composure
evenness of emotions or temper
an Olympic diver who always displays remarkable equanimity on the platform
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Recent Examples of equanimity
Perkins has arrived at a place of equanimity about death that belies the slow-simmering, obliquely personal nightmares he’s spent the last decade turning out for the big screen.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
His equanimity is the basis of his whole character.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
But January was a month of labor market equanimity.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Advertisement Such equanimity is rare in the age of podcasts and politics of recrimination.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
His equanimity is the basis of his whole character.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
But January was a month of labor market equanimity.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Advertisement Such equanimity is rare in the age of podcasts and politics of recrimination.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Equanimity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equanimity. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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