self-collectedadj.
/ˌsɛlfkəˈlɛktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkəˈlɛktəd/ Of a person, his or her appearance, disposition, etc.: self-possessed; composed; = collected adj. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adjective]
coolc1430
coldc1500
within oneself (itself, etc.)1518
cool-headed1684
present to oneself1692
possesseda1698
self-restrained1700
self-collecteda1711
cool (cold) as a cucumbera1732
self-possessing1732
self-regulating1755
cool-brained1765
self-possessed1766
self-restraining1777
self-disciplined?1791
self-controlling1796
self-repressed1814
self-controlled1822
self-contained1838
self-repressing1849
unimpulsive1856
posé1858
downbeat1953
cucumber-cool1955
supercool1965
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 12 in Wks. (1721) II. O may I self-collected here, Live all at once in filial fear.
1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly I. viii. 168 Such was the state of my mind for some time after this dreadful event. Previously to it I was calm, considerate, and self-collected.
1831 W. Scott Count Robert iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 65 The features, with their self-collected composure.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. ii. 23 Look at the penitent sinner, calm and self collected.
1895 E. F. Brooke Transition i. 5 Walking rather deliberately, with a self-collected air.
1910 L. P. Jacks Alchemy of Thought (1911) xv. 343 This is the character of Japan... Her people are normally self-collected, and the instinct of order is in their blood.
1961 Yale French Stud. No. 27. 77 A woman so self-possessed, so self-collected, of such sound and rigid principles that one doubts the possibility of her surrendering to seduction.
2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 6 Sept. 10 She had been quite self-collected, just taken a sip of wine, and then stepped over the edge.
Derivatives
self-coˈllectedness n. [compare earlier self-collection n.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun]
repressiona1413
governailc1425
willc1480
self-rule1532
coldness1548
stay1556
presentness of mind1598
coolness1607
cold blooda1609
temper1611
self-discipline1612
retention?1615
presence of mind?1624
self-governance1630
retentiveness1641
self-command1651
self-mastery1652
self-control1653
self-direction1653
self-restraint1656
self-possession1665
possessednessa1698
self-regulation1698
possession1703
retenue1747
sang-froid1750
self-collection1761
render1768
self-collectedness1805
self-repression1821
self-containedness1835
unimpulsiveness1860
cool-headedness1881
sophrosyne1889
cool1964
1805 Crit. Rev. Oct. 341 This soldier..passed whole days in one of the corners of this chapel, edifying his spectators by his self-collectedness, his earnestness, and his devotion.
1884 W. G. T. Shedd Serm. to Spiritual Man xv. 234 The ingenuous and beautiful emotiveness..disappears, and a cold, unemotional self-collectedness takes its place.
1992 San Francisco Jung Inst. Libr. Jrnl. 11 58 It would be obvious that erotic delirium and contemplative self-collectedness are different things.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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