self control
Mastering one's impulses
Self control is the ability to restrain impulses, emotions, or desires—to override what you want to do in favor of what you should do.
It covers everything from resisting a second piece of cake to holding your tongue when angry.
She showed remarkable self control during the interview.
Also spelled as one word: self-control.
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- inner strengthMental and emotional resilience
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- staying strongMaintaining fortitude under pressure
mental toughness · temperance · moderation · saying no · patience · abstinence · composure · keeping cool · cool head · counting to ten · delayed gratification · will · determination · holding back · attention · metacognition · resilience · focus
- teen cognitionteen brain, cognitive growth, executive function, decision-making, abstract thinking
- social skillssocial skills, conversation, sharing, helping, listening
- pressure skillsstay calm, focus, keep cool, concentration, poise
- classroom managementrules, routines, routine, procedures, procedure
self controlimpulsiveness
Acting without forethought
impulsivity · loss of control · recklessness · abandon · impetuosity
self controlindulgence
Yielding to desire
intemperance · excess · overindulgence · extravagance · gluttony
self controlhysteria
Uncontrollable emotional excess
volatility · meltdown · rage · losing one's temper · tantrum
self, control, selves, selfhood, selfish, selfishly, selfishness, selfless, selflessly