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ataraxy

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈatəɹaksi/Sorted aaartxyStarts with AEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Calmness and freedom from mental disturbance.

Word origin

From Middle French ataraxie, from Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía, “impassiveness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + ταράσσω (tarássō, “I disturb”). Doublet of ataraxia.

Used in a sentence

  • When the Pyrrhonians say, that ataraxy is the chiefe felicitie, which is the immobilitie of judgement, their meaning is not to speake it affirmatively[…].
  • There was no longer any need for fortitude: he felt nothing at present and there was no point in artificial ataraxy.
  • I was nonplussed, I stared at my teacher, never before had his swollen face seemed so replete with indifference, stone ataraxy.

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