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Definition of Stoicism

1. Noun. An indifference to pleasure or pain.

2. Noun. (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno.

Definition of Stoicism

1. n. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.

Definition of Stoicism

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stoicism

1. indifference to pleasure or pain [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoicism

stogie stogies stogy stoiberite stoical stoically stoicalness stoicheiometric stoicheiometry stoichiological

stoichiometric stoichiometrical stoichiometrically stoichiometries stoichiometry stoicism (current term) stoicisms stoicity stoicize stoicized

stoicizes stoicizing stoicly stoics stoit stoited stoiter stoitered stoiters stoiting

Literary usage of Stoicism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Five Great Philosophies of Life by William De Witt Hyde (1911)
"Beyond and above stoicism we shall try to climb in later chapters. But below stoicism one may not suffer his life to fall, if he would escape the fearful ..."

2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1910)
"It ne instance out of many of the persistent influence stoicism and its undiminished fascination for the -minded of any creed, or no creed, in almost every ..."

3. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"There were two external forces which powerfully affected for good results the progress of the Roman law: Greek philosophy, particularly stoicism, ..."

4. Society in Rome Under the Caesars by William Ralph Inge (1888)
"be said that philosophy at Rome in the first century means stoicism, so completely did ... stoicism was in fact very well suited to the Roman temperament. ..."

5. Society in Rome Under the Caesars by William Ralph Inge (1888)
"be said that philosophy at Rome in the first century means stoicism, so completely did ... stoicism was in fact very well suited to the Roman temperament. ..."

6. Society in Rome Under the Caesars by William Ralph Inge (1888)
"stoicism was in fact very well suited to the Roman temperament. Abandoning the transcendental part of Greek -stoicism, the Romans found in the austere ..."

7. From Epicurus to Christ: A Study in the Principles of Personality by William De Witt Hyde (1904)
"Beyond and above stoicism we shall try to climb in later chapters. But below stoicism one may not suffer his life to fall, if he would escape the fearful ..."

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