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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from Modern Latin stoicismus , from Latin stoicus (see stoic ).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an indifference to pleasure or pain [syn: stolidity , stolidness ] (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And yet, underneath that veneer of stoicism there lay a devious imp. ▪ From the stoicism of a Bogart, we entered a world where male menace no longer was potential. ▪ Inside the mansion, the hostages have displayed gallantry, ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stoicism \Sto"i*cism\, n. [Cf. F. sto["i]cisme.] The opinions and maxims of the Stoics. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 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. 2 A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; ...

Usage examples of stoicism.

Old Testament by means of the allegoric exegetic method, is essentially identical with the system of Stoicism, which had been mixed with Platonic elements and had lost its Pantheistic materialistic impress.

The Homilies are completely saturated with stoicism, both in their ethical and metaphysical systems, and are opposed to Platonism, though Plato is quoted in Hom.

Of my conflicting spirit, and I doffed the modest Christian weeds of charity And fit humility, and steeled myself In pagan panoply of stoicism And self-sufficing pride.

Press and the police had endured a great deal of unconstructive criticism with their usual gloomy stoicism, Mr.

Concerned about the trials she would face as the wife of so prominent a public man, Adams cautioned her to study stoicism.

Norway outside a warehouse facing arctic whiteness with a stoicism more southerly bulbs begin strobing faintly just at the thought of.

Audrey for her stoicism in the face of disaster and her finely tuned ballet technique, some of the cattier members of the class must have made snide remarks about her painfully bony look.

Cassius had suddenly abrogated Stoicism and espoused Epicureanism, for no reason Servilia could see beyond the fact that it devastated Brutus so much that Brutus was avoiding him.

For the first time his stoicism slipped and Fianna got a glimpse of how much he cared about the patient and how much it was costing him not to show it.

This system is a labyrinth, one lane of which would lead you to Spinozism, another to Stoicism, another to chaos.

Francesca, with Spartan stoicism, continued to wear an ingratiating smile, though the character of the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear and will not hearken, seemed to her at that moment a beautiful one.

The antinature religions are those like Hinduism and Stoicism, where men say, "I will starve my flesh.

It appeared he had been kept waiting for some time and, lacking Peace's hard-won stoicism, was nearing a state of apoplexy.

She had endured the long journey from London with her usual stoicism, though the ancient berline, oldest and most practical of Spencer's carriages, was neither swift nor comfortable.

The fact was that Kebron was in more pain than he would have cared to admit, but the Brikar had a stoicism so renowned that they made Vulcans look like laughing hyenas in comparison.