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Definition of ataraxy in English: ataraxy(also ataraxia) noun ˈatəraksiˈadəˌraksē mass nounliterary A state of serene calmness. Example sentencesExamples - They urged instead the cultivation of what they called ataraxia, the complete suspension of belief and consequently of all emotional involvement with anything.
- My emphasis on teaching ataraxia is conducive, I hope, toward that end.
- Instead of finding yourself in a state of stoic ataraxia you might find yourself catatonic or enraged beyond the point of recovery.
- Perhaps it is there that actual emotional maturity, rather than the ataraxia brought on by compliance, might be measured.
- The stated goal of Epicureanism is ataraxia, or tranquility of mind.
- The ideal is ataraxia, freedom from disturbance.
Synonyms self-control, self-possession, self-command, calmness, equanimity, equilibrium, calm, coolness, collectedness, serenity, tranquillity
Derivatives adjective literary Also an ataractic, ethylisobutrazine is used primarily to control excessive barking in kennels. Example sentencesExamples - Since the action of the ataractic drug may modify the effect of the anæsthetic, it has been difficult to assess whether the hæmodynamic changes observed have been due to the ataractic drug itself.
- The ageing brain becomes increasingly susceptible to bad reactions to tranquilizing, or ataractic, drugs, as well as to a wide range of other potent medications used by the elderly for medical problems, Dr. Mark said.
- The new compounds of this invention are mild central nervous system depressants and may be used as tranquilizers or ataractic agents for the relief of anxiety and tension states in the same manner as chlordiazepoxide.
adjective literary Perhaps he has attained the sort of blissful ataraxic state that his characters so long for. Example sentencesExamples - In so far as the ataraxic effect is concerned, both groups of substances raise the same psychopharmacological problem, which is the possibility of reducing emotion by means of medicaments.
- To the fast-swelling ranks of ataraxic drugs, another was added last week for patients with relatively mild emotional disorders.
- There was no good animal test to screen for the ataraxic effects, because the antihistamines made laboratory animals hyperexcitable, not calm.
- Don't you know how ataraxic she is at this time of the morning?
Origin Early 17th century: from French ataraxie, from Greek ataraxia 'impassiveness', from a- 'not' + tarassein 'disturb'. Definition of ataraxy in US English: ataraxy(also ataraxia) nounˈadəˌraksē literary A state of serene calmness. Example sentencesExamples - They urged instead the cultivation of what they called ataraxia, the complete suspension of belief and consequently of all emotional involvement with anything.
- Perhaps it is there that actual emotional maturity, rather than the ataraxia brought on by compliance, might be measured.
- Instead of finding yourself in a state of stoic ataraxia you might find yourself catatonic or enraged beyond the point of recovery.
- The stated goal of Epicureanism is ataraxia, or tranquility of mind.
- The ideal is ataraxia, freedom from disturbance.
- My emphasis on teaching ataraxia is conducive, I hope, toward that end.
Synonyms self-control, self-possession, self-command, calmness, equanimity, equilibrium, calm, coolness, collectedness, serenity, tranquillity
Origin Early 17th century: from French ataraxie, from Greek ataraxia ‘impassiveness’, from a- ‘not’ + tarassein ‘disturb’. |