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Definition of Self-possessed
1. Adjective. In full control of your faculties. "Strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble"
Similar to: Composed
Derivative terms: Equanimity
Definition of Self-possessed
1. Adjective. in full control of one's faculties, and having a firm belief in one's abilities; confident, assured and poised ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-possessed
Literary usage of Self-possessed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"With a tranquil, self-possessed air, he went up to the bar within which the
chairman sat, and, in a tone of deep, tender and subdued feeling, ..."
2. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"Even in the scanty fragments left to us we seem to feel the traces of a fresh,
energetic, talented and self-possessed mind. 1. (I EI.I.. ..."
3. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1895)
"He will ask us then to be self-possessed, and He is teaching us the alphabet of
that duty now. ... selfpossessed ..."
4. The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States by William Biddle Atkinson (1878)
"... self-possessed, systematic, and thorough. As a surgeon lie is regarded a*
conservative and very considerate of ..."
5. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin: History and Biography, with Portrait by Parker McCobb Reed (1882)
"He was essentially an orator, always self-possessed, always self- reliant.
His mental resources were great, and were always at command. ..."
6. The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin: History and Biography, with Portrait by Parker McCobb Reed (1882)
"He was essentially an orator, always self-possessed, always self- reliant.
His mental resources were great, and were always at command. ..."
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