self-mastery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-mastery
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Devin’s bark is indicative of the endless hours working at self-mastery.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2023
Researchers have found that toddlers who are read to become children who are "more likely to enjoy strong relationships, sharper focus, and greater emotional resilience and self-mastery."
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2021
For both men, expeditions are tests, as much internal as external, and they’re eager to see what can be found at the outer boundaries of their self-mastery.
From National Geographic • Dec. 24, 2020
Celia also taught her daughter to control unproductive emotions, such as anger, through relentless self-mastery: “Be a lady,” she frequently exhorted.
From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2018
They learned in a new way the value of the temper controlled, and of self-mastery in all lines.
From The Girl in Her Teens by Slattery, Margaret
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