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self-mastery
noun[ U ]
(alsoselfmastery)uk /ˌselfˈmɑː.stər.i/ us /ˌselfˈmæs.tɚ.i/
the ability to control your own emotions and behaviour:
They valued characteristics that they associated with masculinity, such as self-mastery and physical vigour.
Self-mastery over my thoughts, emotions, words, and actions helped me out of addiction and onto a positive life path.
During the time she spent travelling alone, she learned a lot about self-mastery.
Hypnosis provides relief through improved self-regulation while beneficially affecting cognition and the experience of self-mastery.
They believed that the aim of education was self-mastery, and that it was the duty of parents to ensure that their children achieved it.
Some business schools introduced self-mastery classes to help people find inner peace in lives dominated by work.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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absolute authority
ahold
all's well that ends wellidiom
all-powerful
ascendancy
authoritarianism
discretionary
driven
girl power
grip
he who pays the piper calls the tune.idiom
implant
power base
power grab
power structure
power struggle
power-sharing
the hand that rocks the cradle rules the worldidiom
the upper hand
yoke
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