Magnanimity vs Equanimity - What's the difference?
magnanimity | equanimity |
The quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul.
That quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.
(Webster 1913)
the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress
* 1954 , Albert Einstein, Ideas and Opinions
As nouns the difference between magnanimity and equanimity
is that magnanimity is the quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul while equanimity is the state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.magnanimity
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(wikipedia magnanimity)Noun
equanimity
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* (archaic)Noun
- Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment.
