MEANING
1. A lively ability to recover or remain hopeful despite difficulty.
2. The tendency or capacity of something to be supported upward in a liquid or gas.
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Words that belong together
- emotional buoyancy
- buoyancy of spirit
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Her buoyancy of spirit returned as soon as the rain stopped.
Emotional buoyancy carried him through the uncertainty of the voyage.
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Word forms
- Base
- buoyancy
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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