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Hardiness

Hardiness

a health-enhancing behaviour trait believed to increase one's resistance to illness, characterised by a high level of personal control, commitment, and action in responding to events of daily life.

Origin: M.E., fr. O.Fr. Hardi, fr. Germanic


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