"stoicism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stoicism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stoicisms [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin stōicismus or stoic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|stōicismus}} New Latin stōicismus, {{suffix|en|stoic|ism}} stoic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stoicism (countable and uncountable, plural stoicisms)
  1. A school of philosophy popularized 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (school of philosophy): stoïsisme (Afrikaans), رِوَاقِيَّة (riwāqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), estoïcisme [masculine] (Catalan), 堅忍 (Chinese Mandarin), 坚忍 (jiānrěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 斯多葛主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 斯多葛主义 (Sīduōgězhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), stoicismus [masculine] (Czech), stoïcisme [neuter] (Dutch), stoalaisuus (Finnish), stoïcisme [masculine] (French), Stoizismus [masculine] (German), στωικισμός (stoïkismós) [masculine] (Greek), stoikisme (Indonesian), stoicismo [masculine] (Italian), អត់ធ្មត់និយម (ɑt tmʊət ni’yum) (Khmer), رواقیگری (revâqi-gari) (Persian), estoicismo [masculine] (Portuguese), stoicism [neuter] (Romanian), стоици́зм (stoicízm) [masculine] (Russian), estoicismo [masculine] (Spanish), chủ nghĩa khắc kỉ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-stoicism-en-noun-mIjWL1cG Disambiguation of Philosophy: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'school of philosophy': 97 3
  2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-stoicism-en-noun-guqmiEr7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Stoicism

Inflected forms

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