Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being collected or brought into close union or concentration.
- noun A collected or calm state of the mind; composure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
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- noun The state or quality of being
collected .
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Examples
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They used to file in when the bell rang with a sort of silent solemnity, a contemplative collectedness, which is best described by the word _recueillement_, and ate all the courses, however many there were, in a hot room full of flies and sunlight.
The Solitary Summer Elizabeth von Arnim 1903
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Two years before Prayer in Practice, Guardini addressed the idea of "collectedness" even more thoroughly, in Meditations before Mass,, he used a synonym for that unified state: composure.
Evangelical Outpost 2008
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But what ultimately stays with many a visitor to the epicentre of Japan are the moments of stillness, of collectedness, of almost mysterious remoteness, where you see the changeless nerve centre from which all the wild changes arise.
Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top Pico Iyer 2010
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He is now able to make better decisions and holds a higher degree of calm and collectedness.
Buddhism is an Eastern Way of Life Appealing to Westerners 2010
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The Nubian was the epitome of calm collectedness as he eased the Charger to the curb in front of her converted warehouse home.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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Thus, in a convenience store parking lot in the middle of the night, we witness a crack in Rob/Bob's cool collectedness.
Hank Stuever reviews Fox's new drama 'Lone Star,' about a troubled swindler 2010
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The Nubian was the epitome of calm collectedness as he eased the Charger to the curb in front of her converted warehouse home.
Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010
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When Obama took the oath, Chief Justice Roberts screwed up the words, & I must commend Obama for his calm, cool, collectedness in the face of that unfortunate slip-up.
OpEdNews - Diary: Today Is Restricted Negativity Day On OpEdNews 2009
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The key will the cool, calm, and collectedness of our next President What I call Presidential Temperament'
New Mexico’s Bingaman Opts for Obama - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I was amazed at Sxxxxxxx's cool collectedness because he handled the whole incident very intelligently (I just see red).
An alert! 2004
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