unperturbednessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnpəˈtəːbədnəs/, U.S. /ˌənpərˈtərb(ə)dnəs/ The state or condition of being unperturbed; unflappability, composure. Also: an instance of this.
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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
1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine: 2nd Pt. 149 Nothing so much gratifies an ill Tongue, as when it finds an angry hearer: nor nothing so much disappoints and vexeth it as Calmness and Unperturbedness.
1867 J. Legge tr. Great Learning in Chinese Classics (rev. ed.) I. 265 A calm unperturbedness may be attained.
1892 Mind 1 101 A man whose experience resembles mine is peculiarly unlikely either to seek or to find this apathy or unperturbedness.
1943 Jrnl. Relig. 23 154/2 A young man cut off from his family and from his religious community and yet..preserving his inner unperturbedness.
2000 R. Bett Pyrrho, his Antecedents, & his Legacy ii. 72 This unperturbedness is characterized..as an exceptional stability.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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