self-composuren.
/ˌsɛlfkəmˈpəʊʒə/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkəmˈpoʊʒər/ The state or feeling of being in control of one's feelings, emotions, etc.; calmness, collectedness. Cf. composure n. 10.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]
resteOE
peacea1225
egalityc1374
tranquillityc1374
peaceabilityc1384
sobernessc1384
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
evenheadc1440
equalitya1475
equability1531
sobermood1556
calmness1561
evenness1561
serenity1599
collection1602
equilibrium1608
calm1609
temperateness1609
composedness1611
recollection1611
temper1611
unpassionateness1611
placidity1619
sereneness1628
attemperature1635
quietationa1639
equableness1641
steadiness1642
sedateness1647
imperturbation1648
placidness1654
centredness1662
equanimity1663
composure1667
serenitude1672
equalness1675
unperturbedness1676
dispassion1690
quietism1735
serene1744
relaxednessa1750
self-composure1762
sober-mindedness1767
collectedness1789
unprovokedness1795
comfortableness1815
repose1815
levelness1824
dispassionateness1842
unruffledness1858
passionlessness1867
1762 C. Fleming Palladium Great Brit. & Ireland xii. 149 We feel an inward calm and composure, which bids defiance to accident, and looks without dismay on every haughty hand of violence... This..internal self-composure [etc.]
1827 T. Hamilton Youth & Manhood Cyril Thornton I. xiv. 111 The air and exercise tended..somewhat to restore the self-composure, of which my unfortunate debut in the library had so totally deprived me.
1875 Aldine Mar. 293/1 Only four or five years old, her tiny face yet bore marks of extraordinary beauty and self-composure.
1932 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 20 May 6/1 Monday they went at him again and his self-composure began to crumble.
1987 Financial Times 1 June 19/1 Extremism has by no means disappeared, but..the country has recovered its self-composure and sense of balance.
2014 C. Williams His Temporary Mistress v. 84 ‘I'm just nervous,’ she muttered in a valiant struggle to regain her self-composure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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