as in restraint
the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions
she had remarkable self-mastery for one so young
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Recent Examples of self-mastery
For transformation and emotional healing A stone of transformation and deep emotional healing, malachite brings forth qualities that can support Capricorn’s quest for self-mastery.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
These being an in-depth understanding of ADHD, self-acceptance, acceptance of disability, self-compassion, and skills and compensatory strategies that support self-mastery.
—New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2024
Those who mastered these high summits did so by first achieving self-mastery, reaching through prayer and meditation a higher realm of almost superhuman awareness and power.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
Set intentions for self-mastery under today’s Capricorn new moon.
—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Another camp — call it the dissident center — has produced swaggering figures like Joe Rogan, whose version of masculinity revolves around transgressive speech and macho self-mastery through martial arts.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
However, relinquishing control once in a while teaches you that making mistakes is a big part of your journey toward self-mastery.
—Narayana Montúfar, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
These being an in-depth understanding of ADHD, self-acceptance, acceptance of disability, self-compassion, and skills and compensatory strategies that support self-mastery.
—New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2024
Those who mastered these high summits did so by first achieving self-mastery, reaching through prayer and meditation a higher realm of almost superhuman awareness and power.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024
Set intentions for self-mastery under today’s Capricorn new moon.
—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Another camp — call it the dissident center — has produced swaggering figures like Joe Rogan, whose version of masculinity revolves around transgressive speech and macho self-mastery through martial arts.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
However, relinquishing control once in a while teaches you that making mistakes is a big part of your journey toward self-mastery.
—Narayana Montúfar, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-mastery
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The holding was manifestly correct, but the dicta may be equally important in counseling greater restraint on both sides.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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After three consecutive trips to the Stanley Cup Final from 2020-22, the combination of age and salary-cap restraints had diminished the Tampa Bay roster.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Self-mastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-mastery. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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