imperturbability

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ perturbability.

Noun

imperturbability (uncountable)

1. A state of calm, unruffled self-assurance; aplomb, composure.
   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "As I sat alone at my breakfast--Mrs. Challenger is in the habit of keeping her room of a morning--it suddenly entered my head that it would be entertaining and instructive to see whether I could find any limits to this woman's imperturbability."

Related terms

• imperturbable

Translations

composure

• French: imperturbabilité (fr) f
• Georgian: აუმღვრევლობა (aumɣvrevloba)
• Italian: imperturbabilità (it) f
• Romanian: imperturbabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: невозмути́мость (ru) f (nevozmutímostʹ)