PLACIDITY Definition & Meaning

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placidity

[ pluh-sid-i-tee ]

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noun

a calm or peaceful quality; tranquility; serenity:
It’s not uncommon for visitors to regard the placidity of Canada’s Peyto Lake as a spiritual experience.
lack of interest or proper concern, energy, or action; complacency or apathy:
In a society that mistakes placidity for gentleness, I think we need spaces to explore, develop, and harness righteous anger.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of placidity¹

First recorded in 1610–20; placid ( def ) + -ity ( def )

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But, as in “Men,” Kinnear’s appearance of placidity makes his characters’ nefarious tendencies even more chilling; his ability to draw his mouth into a grim implacable line is second to none.

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I had been struck by the placidity of Courtney’s life in the public eye.

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She lets the camera drink in the differences between their big-city home environs and the placidity of their woody, lakeside getaway.

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Kemp’s contrasting placidity conceals an urgency even though he has led Abrams by about five percentage points all year, which Monday’s debate probably did not alter.

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The stylistic placidity draws attention to the disturbance of Hildy’s alcoholism, the way her drinking interrupts even the film’s genre.

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