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How to pronounce placidity in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms placidness
Type of calmness
Type Words
Synonyms quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity
Type of calm, calmness, composure, equanimity
Has types ataraxia
Derivation placid

Examples of placidity

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One year ago, Islamic terrorists hatched a plot to wreck the island's placidity.
From the time.com
The few mountain folk who call this place home like that placidity just fine.
From the sfgate.com
They get together, and the resulting placidity and comfort settles them both.
From the guardian.co.uk
What passes for social protest in Japan might look like placidity elsewhere.
From the time.com
She has a quiet strength, and an ability to convey emotional turmoil through placidity.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
It is a scene of cheery placidity, but life is not placid for Vladimov.
From the time.com
Would that O'Donoghue could ascend from his nice-Catholic-boy placidity to a climactic command of the role.
From the time.com
There is a placidity about him that speaks of an inner calm.
From the guardian.co.uk
Most problematic is director Timothy Douglas'equation of gentility of subject with placidity of pace.
From the newsobserver.com
More examples
  • A feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling
  • Repose: a disposition free from stress or emotion
  • The state of being placid; peacefulness