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Today's Word "equanimity"

Evenness of mind on

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equanimity - \ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee; ek-wuh-\ (noun) - 1 : Evenness of mind; calmness; composure; as, "to bear misfortunes with equanimity."

"When he made a profit, he accepted it with equanimity; when he made losses, he laughed and said: 'Well, look at this, so this one turned out badly!'" -- Herman Hesse, 'Siddhartha'

 

Equanimity comes from Latin aequanimitas, "impartiality, calmness," from aequanimus, "impartial, even-tempered," from aequus, "even" + animus, "mind, soul."


 

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