centered

adj — 2 senses

centered

adj

UK /ˈsɛn.təd/ · US /ˈsɛn.təɹd/

1

Middlemost; located at the center.

2

Canada, US, Especially Emotionally stable, calm, serene; having a balanced mind.

  • So we had group sessions where everybody took acid together, with a group person who was a guide to keep everybody centered, because the doses were incredibly strong, incredibly strong.1986, Bernard Brannner, quoting Blackberri, “Blackberri: Singing for Our Lives”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 174:
Derived terms
body-centered, centered dot, centeredness, child-centered, dead-centered, exocentered, face-centered, high centered, high-centered, multicentered, noncentered, self-centered, teacher-centered, uncentered

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