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IMPERTURBABILITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does imperturbability mean?
• IMPERTURBABILITY (noun)
The noun IMPERTURBABILITY has 1 sense:
1. calm and unruffled self-assurance
Familiarity information: IMPERTURBABILITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Calm and unruffled self-assurance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
coolness; imperturbability; imperturbableness
Context example:
he performed with all the coolness of a veteran
Hypernyms ("imperturbability" is a kind of...):
calmness (a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement)
Derivation:
imperturbable (not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure)
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