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self-possession

[ self-puh-zesh-uhn, self- ]

noun

  1. the quality of being self-possessed; control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composure; poise.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of self-possession1

First recorded in 1735–45
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The 20-year-old back row has swagger and self-possession, and a side order of skulduggery.

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Then Ms Rault noted that the man in the glass cage in Avignon demonstrated a similar self-possession and saw it as further evidence that this was a deeply calculating criminal.

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It’s given me this facility, and this self-possession.

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She is a poignant picture of frayed dignity, her aristocratic self-possession increasingly brittle as the story progresses toward it sad denouement.

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This self-possession is apparent in one of the six photographs published as part of Detour’s 1995 music issue.

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