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self-mastery

[ self-mas-tuh-ree, -mah-stuh-, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈmæs tə ri, -ˈmɑ stə-, ˈsɛlf- /

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noun

self-control.

Origin of self-mastery

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby self-mastery

self-loader, self-loading, self-love, self-made, self-mailer, self-mastery, self-mate, self-medication, self-mortification, self-motivated, self-motivation

Example sentences from the Web for self-mastery

He was supposed to exhibit sophrosyne, or self-mastery, and overindulging in food, drink or sex was a sign that a man was weak.

Diet Like Jesus: What the Bible Says About How to Eat |Candida Moss |October 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Yet this extreme display of self-mastery, assuming that is what it was, did not rule out other forms of self-indulgence.

Who Was the Real Cato? |David Frum |December 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In a single instant he had wrenched back complete self-control—an indication of self-mastery such as I had rarely seen surpassed.

Kastle Krags |Absalom Martin
"But I've said enough," he began again, making a tremendous effort to regain his self-mastery.

The Inner Shrine |Basil King

I have never lost my consciousness of self or my self-mastery.

The Crow's Nest |Clarence Day, Jr.
To his great self-discipline and self-mastery he owed his success.

An Iron Will |Orison Swett Marden
Undoubtedly the lesson which men in prison need to learn almost above any other is that of self-mastery.

After Prison - What? |Maud Ballington Booth