SELF-MASTERY Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

self-mastery

noun

ˌself-ˈmas-t(ə-)rē

Definition of self-mastery next

as in restraint

the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions she had remarkable self-mastery for one so young

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Recent Examples of self-mastery Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Stepping into self-mastery? —

Usa Today, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026 Life is for learning; self-mastery is a process. —

Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026 Aquarius' 2026 career horoscope Commit to your self-mastery. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026 Understanding yourself is one of the keys to self-mastery, open to new awareness. —

Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2026 Those who mastered these high summits did so by first achieving self-mastery, reaching through prayer and meditation a higher realm of almost superhuman awareness and power. —

Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024

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restraint

Noun

Told with exacting restraint yet as layered as the lacquer on an ebony Biedermeier console, this forms a loose triptych with Pawlikowski’s last two features, Ida and Cold War, both of which were set at least partly behind the Iron Curtain.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
For the Dior cruise show in Los Angeles, Peter Philips treated glow with the restraint of good lighting.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 14 May 2026