Stoicism

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  • noun. Indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness.
  • noun. The doctrines or philosophy of the Stoics.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. [capitalized] The opinions and maxims of the Stoics; also, the conduct recommended by the Stoics.
  • noun. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; the bearing of pain without betraying feeling; calm fortitude.
  • noun. Synonyms Insensibility, Impassibility, etc. See apathy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
  • noun. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
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  • noun. an indifference to pleasure or pain
  • noun. (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
    • Word Usage
    "It must have been a lesson in stoicism to withstand them!"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emotionlessness  philosophical doctrine  philosophical theory  unemotionality  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apathy  callousness  cheerfulness  coldness  composure  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acceptance  ataraxia  ataraxy  austerity  backbone  
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