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SELF POSSESSION

Synonyms within Context: SELF POSSESSION

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Resolution

Mastery over self; self control, self command, self possession, self reliance, self government, self restraint, self conquest, self denial; moral courage, moral strength; perseverance; a; tenacity; obstinacy; bulldog; British lion.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: SELF POSSESSION

Language Translations for "SELF POSSESSION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

netëpërmbajtje, gjakftohtësi (aplomb, calmness, coolness, equanimity, impassibility, impassivity, moderation, nerve, order, phlegm, placidity, presence of mind, recollection, sangfroid, self control, serenity, unconcern). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ثقة بالنفس (aplomb, self confidence, sufficiency), ‏رباطة جأش (aplomb, collection, composure, coolness, equanimity, nonchalance, philosophy, phlegm, placidity, poise, repose). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

самообладание (countenance, equanimity, grip, nerve, repose, restraint, self control, self-command, self-mastery, temper, willpower), хладнокръвие (calmness, composure, cool, coolness, equanimity, nerve, sangfroid). (various references)

   

Czech

  

duchapřítomnost. (various references)

   

French

  

sang-froid (self control), assurance (self-assurance). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αυτοκυριαρχία (self control, self-command, self-discipline), αταραξία (aplomb, calmness, composure, imperturbability, nonchalance, quietism, sedateness, stolidity, stolidness). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ישוב ""עת (composure, consideration, equanimity, explanation, presence of mind, tranquillity). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nyugodtság (imperturbability, placidity, quietude, staidness, tranquillity, tranquilness), higgadtság (aplomb, calmness, composure, demureness, equilibrium, evenness, imperturbation, level-headedness, moderation, poise, presence of mind, sang-froid, self-command, self-possession, serenity, staidness, stoicism). (various references)

   

Italian

  

aplomb (aplomb). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elfsay ossessionpay

   

Romanian

  

sânge rece (cold blood, cold-bloodedness, nerve, phlegm, self-command, temper), aplomb (assurance, cheek, coolness, impudence, self-assurance). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

самообладание (composure, self control, self-command, self-confident-control, self-control, self-possession), хладнокровие (cold blood, composure, coolness, nerve, recollection, sangfroid). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pribranost (composure, cool, poise). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

serenidad (clearheadedness, composure, coolness, damp, disaffection, immobility, poise, self control, serene, serenity, sternness), dominio de sí mismo (restraint, self control, self restraint, self-command, self-government). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

självbehärskning (restraint, self control, self restraint, self-command, self-control, self-possession). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

soğukkanlılık (calmness, cold blood, cool, coolness, equal mind, imperturbability, nerve, nonchalance, presence of mind, sang froid, sangfroid), temkin (dignity, equanimity, poise), kendine hakim olma (poise, sangfroid, self control, self restraint, self-command). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

витримка (dwell, forbearance, poise). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: SELF POSSESSION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-f-i-l-n-o-o-p-s-s-s-s-s"

-3 letters: possessions.

-4 letters: possession.

-5 letters: lionesses, looseness, noiseless, possesses, sesspools, spineless.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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