📚 Ataraxy, noun. 🔉 /ˈatəraksi/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (literary • mass noun): A state of serene calmness. ❗️ Examples: 1. The stated goal of Epicureanism is ataraxia, or tranquility of mind. 2. They urged instead the cultivation of what they called ataraxia, the complete suspension of belief and consequently of all emotional involvement with anything. 3. The ideal is ataraxia, freedom from disturbance. 4. Instead of finding yourself in a state of stoic ataraxia you might find yourself catatonic or enraged beyond the point of recovery. 5. My emphasis on teaching ataraxia is conducive, I hope, toward that end. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic