WORD OF THE DAY: equipoise

Posted on November 27, 2016 ·
equipoise
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\EE-kwuh-poiz, EK-wuh-\
noun
1. an equal distribution of weight; even balance; equilibrium.
2. a counterpoise.
Quotes
We’re neither better nor worse than each other, we’re an equipoise in difference–but in difference, mind, not in sameness.
— D. H. Lawrence, “Education of the People,” Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays, 1925
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