Meaning & use
Sangfroid
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Composure and coolness of mind, especially in dangerous or difficult situations.
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The pilot's sangfroid during the engine failure kept the passengers calm.
She negotiated the hostile takeover with remarkable sangfroid.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French, literally meaning 'cold blood'; it entered English in the 18th century to describe unflappable calm under pressure.
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