Ataraxy (noun) (literary)
at-ar-ak-see
A state of serene calmness.
Early 17th century: from French ataraxie, from Greek ataraxia ‘impassiveness’, from a- ‘not’ + tarassein ‘disturb’.
Example sentences
“She petted the cat into a state of complete ataraxy”
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