Usually means: Calm and confident in control.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word self-possessed:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-possessed: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-possessed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-possessed, self-possessed: Collins English Dictionary
  4. self-possessed: Vocabulary.com
  5. self-possessed: Wordnik
  6. self-possessed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. self-possessed: Wiktionary
  8. self-possessed: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. self-possessed: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. self-possessed: Dictionary.com
  11. self-possessed: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Self-possessed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. self-possessed: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. self-possessed: Rhymezone
  15. Self-possessed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. self-possessed: FreeDictionary.org
  17. self-possessed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. self-possessed: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-possessed: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-possessed: Encyclopedia

(Note: See self-possessedly as well.)

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▸ adjective:  In full control of one's faculties, and having a firm belief in one's abilities; confident, assured and poised.

Similar:
self-contained, composed, equanimous, collected, poised, self-collected, confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure of oneself, more...

Opposite:
unselfish, generous, charitable, selfless



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Similar:
self-contained, composed, equanimous, collected, poised, self-collected, confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure of oneself, more...

Opposite:
unselfish, generous, charitable, selfless



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