Stoicism Definition

stōĭ-sĭzəm
noun
Indifference to pleasure or pain; stoical behavior.
Webster's New World
The philosophical system of the Stoics.
Webster's New World
A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
Wiktionary

A school of philosophy during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.

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Singular:
stoicism
Plural:
stoicisms

Origin of Stoicism

  • From stoic +"Ž -ism

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Stoicism Sentence Examples

  • Stoicism is a much more important system, but harder to classify.

  • Stoicism shown by our US colleagues.

  • This concrete side of moral philosophy came specially into evidence when Stoicism was transplanted to Rome.

  • Stoicism formulated a doctrine of providence or necessity.

  • Why no thoroughgoing attempt to apply Stoicism to Shakespeare has yet been undertaken is a mystery.

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