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self-possession
[ self-puh-zesh-uhn, self- ]
noun
- the quality of being self-possessed; control of one's feelings, behavior, etc.; composure; poise.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of self-possession1
Example Sentences
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.
It’s given me this facility, and this self-possession.
She is a poignant picture of frayed dignity, her aristocratic self-possession increasingly brittle as the story progresses toward it sad denouement.
This self-possession is apparent in one of the six photographs published as part of Detour’s 1995 music issue.
Of the four, he has the most fully-formed act, is the most convincing storyteller, and seems to have the self-possession required for stand-up.
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