self-containment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-containment
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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That self-containment also applies to the workforce, says the CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026
But Purvis especially, in spite of Patience’s self-containment, radiates quiet charisma — new-star power.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025
This aim of self-containment, back turned to the street outside, has long put big hotel lobbies out of favor with urbanists.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023
Perhaps the most touching works in the Philadelphia show are those that suggest the longer arc of Scully’s career, from purity to messiness, rigidity to freedom, self-containment to self-expression.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
It startled her, that Obinzes mother, fully hemmed into her self-containment, her intense privacy, could cry watching a film.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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