{"id":323,"date":"2018-03-02T14:34:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T19:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/?p=323"},"modified":"2018-03-02T15:04:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T20:04:41","slug":"word-of-the-week-equanimity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/2018\/03\/02\/word-of-the-week-equanimity\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week! Equanimity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/03\/Samuel_Pepys.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-324\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/03\/Samuel_Pepys.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/03\/Samuel_Pepys.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/03\/Samuel_Pepys-256x300.jpeg 256w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/03\/Samuel_Pepys-768x900.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a>Special thanks to Rita Willett,\u00a0 MD, Healthcare Studies and Department of Biology, for our word this week.\u00a0 As with our word in the last post, &#8220;equanimity&#8221; is hard to say and even harder to spell, but it speaks volumes in print.<\/p>\n<p>It provides just the right lexical item for a factious, even frightening time. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oed.com\/view\/Entry\/63711?redirectedFrom=Equanimity#eid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>OED Online<\/em><\/a> provides These definitions:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The quality of having an even mind. . . .Fairness of judgement, impartiality, equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s try it in a medical sense, given our source: &#8220;Patients went beyond noting how the physician&#8217;s advice was medically sound; they emphasized her equanimity in treating the elderly with dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The term&#8217;s history reaches to the 17th Century, with public servant and private diarist <span class=\"st\">Samuel Pepys using our word in much the same way we would today. If the term has fallen out of favor, I wonder if equanimity itself has waned? That virtue, as well as its signifier, deserve better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nominate a word by e-mailing me (jessid -at- richmond -dot- edu) or leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n<p>See all of our Words of the Week <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/word-of-the-week\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Image of Samuel Pepys courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=210769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia Commons<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special thanks to Rita Willett,\u00a0 MD, Healthcare Studies and Department of Biology, for our word this week.\u00a0 As with our word in the last post, &#8220;equanimity&#8221; is hard to say and even harder to spell, but it speaks volumes in print. It provides just the right lexical item for a factious, even frightening time. 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