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composure

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m-poh-zher]

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noun

serene, self-controlled state of mind; calmness; tranquillity: Despite the hysteria and panic around him, he retained his composure.

Origin:
1590–1600; compose + -ure

Related forms

non·com·po·sure, noun

Synonyms
equability, serenity, quiet, coolness, equanimity, self-possession.

Antonyms
agitation.

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composure (kəmˈpəʊʒə)

—n
	calmness, esp of the mind; tranquillity; serenity

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composure

c.1600, with many senses now given to composition or compound, from compose + -ure. Sense of "tranquility, calmness" is first recorded 1660s, from composed "calm" (1620s). For sense, cf. colloquial to fall apart "to lose one's composure."

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"Gradually I regained my usual composure. I reread Pale Fire more carefully. I liked it better when expecting less. And what was that? What was that dim distant music, those vestiges of color in the air? Here and there I discovered in it and especially, especially in the invaluable variants, echoes and spangles of my mind, a long ripplewake of my glory."

-Vladimir Nabokov

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