the ability to take control of one's life without being blown off course by feelings,urges, circumstances etc
Self-mastery is that condition whereby your body is your servant and not your master.
self-mastery in American English
(ˌselfˈmæstəri, -ˈmɑːstə-, ˈself-)
noun
self-control
Word origin
[1855–60]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: kickoff, pickup, pipeline, specialist, superheat
Examples of 'self-mastery' in a sentence
self-mastery
This is a triumph of self-mastery, of inner certainty, of moral force.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Nicotine addiction and its inducements compromise the self-mastery on which freedom depends.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Almost three decades later, lip balm remains a guarantee, a little jolt of pleasure and comfort and self-mastery.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The aim is not self-preservation, but self-mastery, and results show that the method is successful.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A man of presence, product of vast experience as a player and a long, slow process of self-mastery.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The diary was about selfmastery, and the purpose of self-mastery was the better to become a great artist.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
While as to what lies within our control - our appetites and fears, our own character traits - we must seek self-mastery.