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noun
a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
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Ataraxia
has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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ataraxia
also Anglicized as ataraxy, c.1600, from Mod.L., from Gk. ataraxia "impassiveness," from a-, privative prefix, + tarassein "to disturb."
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