equanimity means the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.
Why this word is great
EQUANIMITY — [Noun] The state of being calm, stable, and composed, especially under stress. From the Latin aequus ("even, calm") + animus ("mind, soul") + the noun-forming suffix -itas. Unlike sangfroid, which implies a tactical, bloodless coolness reserved for crises, or apathy, a hollow indifference born of vacancy, equanimity is the cultivated, sun-warmed bedrock of a spirit that feels deeply but is not drowned by feeling. It is the steady hand that pours tea while receiving grievous news, the gardener’s quiet acceptance of both blossom and blight, and the measured breath taken in the eye of the storm—a willed stillness that contains the world without being held hostage by its tides. It is the clear, still sky through which all weather must pass.
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- 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.”