Antonyms for equipoise


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-kwuh-poiz, ek-wuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi kwəˌpɔɪz, ˈɛk wə-


Definition of equipoise

Origin :
  • 1650s, a contraction of the phrase equal poise (1550s); see equal (adj.) + poise (n.).
  • noun balance
Example sentences :
  • Even on the mornings when he felt ill, if he set to work he recovered his equipoise.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • The mind became soured and morose, and lost much of its equipoise.
  • Extract from : « Mary Barton » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • These and the retracted head and neck adjust the equipoise of the body.
  • Extract from : « Poachers and Poaching » by John Watson
  • I am positive it will agitate his equipoise to a protracted extent.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish
  • Lockwood started and for a moment he almost lost his equipoise.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery Girl » by Carolyn Wells
  • The balance or equipoise of parts in the human body is of two sorts, viz.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Painting » by Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Now, the first of these laws is the equipoise of functions; that is, the equality of associates.
  • Extract from : « What is Property? » by P. J. Proudhon
  • By this false idea of an indifference of equipoise the Molinists were much embarrassed.
  • Extract from : « Theodicy » by G. W. Leibniz
  • Sir Charles needed a moment or two after he had set down to recover his equipoise.
  • Extract from : « The Summons » by A.E.W. Mason
  • The yard is slung nearly in the middle, or upon an equipoise.
  • Extract from : « A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 14 » by Robert Kerr

Synonyms for equipoise

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