mindmap root((平静)) equanimity suggests a habit of mind that is disturbed rarely or only under great strain: accepted fortune's slings and arrows with great ~. composure implies great controlling of emotional or mental agitation by an effort of will or as a matter of habit: maintained his ~ even under hostile questioning. sangfroid implies great coolness and steadiness under strain perhaps stemming from a constitutional coldness: an Olympian diver of remarkable ~. phlegm implies insensitiveness and suggests apathy or sluggishness rather than control: possessed of a temperamental ~ unaffected by good news and bad news alike.