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Stoicism

[ stoh-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 b.c., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.
  2. (lowercase) conduct conforming to the precepts of the Stoics, as repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.


stoicism

/ ˈstəʊɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

  1. indifference to pleasure and pain
  2. capital the philosophy of the Stoics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Stoicism

  1. A philosophy that flourished in ancient Greece and Rome . Stoics believed that people should strictly restrain their emotions in order to attain happiness and wisdom; hence, they refused to demonstrate either joy or sorrow.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Stoicism1

First recorded in 1620–30; Stoic + -ism
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Example Sentences

Without overshadowing his talented counterparts, Cedar commands the stage with a meticulous mix of stoicism and candor.

It has an old-fashioned, world-weary stoicism that lends a potentially ludicrous story emotional heft.

Stoicism has an appeal for anyone who faces uncertainty–that is, for all of us.

But now her frigid stoicism quickly devolves into a kind of nymphomania.

She explained, “People who know me would know stoicism is amongst my key attributes.”

With delicate female tact, with fine female stoicism too; keeping all things within limits.

Already he had begun to practise that stoicism which, on the whole, was the keynote of his life at St. Helena.

Whatever he may have suffered, he endured with the stoicism that is traditional in his race.

This highest class begins usually with Stoicism, and ends with Epicureanism.

Such extraordinary courage and determination had this man attained merely through early exercises in Stoicism.

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