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Moderation; discretion; prudence.

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Usage examples (7)
  • A dialogue in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as...
  • A dialogue in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as...
  • Viewers rooted for the Virginia kid with shaggy brown hair and glasses, who fidgeted with his hands as he spelled such words as "oriflamme" and "sophrosyne."
  • And then this finally is sort of a self-delusional process, and there's gods in the world that egg this person on because he lacks, the word is sophrosyne or moderation.
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