Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness.
- noun The doctrines or philosophy of the Stoics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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 .
from 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A school of
philosophy during theRoman Empire that emphasizedreason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, orlogos , and as a means of freeing oneself from emotionaldistress . - noun A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an indifference to pleasure or pain
- noun (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
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Examples
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It must have been a lesson in stoicism to withstand them!
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The great English journalist Harold Evans, editor of the Sunday Times at the time of the Birmingham bombings, says, "I hate to use the word stoicism, but its true."
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And stoicism is a personalty trait of an individual not a sex.
Little Boys Being "Feminized"? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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There's a certain stoicism and humility to be found in that philosophy, articulated most clearly in Ecclesiastes but evidenced also in common-use words and phrases like "heam", "mektoub" or "in God's hands" ... but it can also be deeply fatalistic, deterministic to the point of being defeatist.
A Dark And Hidden God Hal Duncan 2006
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There's a certain stoicism and humility to be found in that philosophy, articulated most clearly in Ecclesiastes but evidenced also in common-use words and phrases like "heam", "mektoub" or "in God's hands" ... but it can also be deeply fatalistic, deterministic to the point of being defeatist.
Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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The irreverent counter to that stoicism is provided by the Fleet Street tabloids, which, whenever possible, disdain Victorian principals while taking a Victoria's Secret approach to covering women's tennis.
USATODAY.com - Forecast hardly clear at All-England Club 2002
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This implies that there's something inherently wrong with stoicism, which is just as bad as suggesting that emotions are to be suppressed for the sake of "manliness".
Five Issues I Wish More Feminist Men Were Taking On - Feministing 2009
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Prometheus under the beak of the vulture could not have shown more patience than most of those unhappy gentlemen under the infliction of the lawyer's tongue; and their stoicism was the more praiseworthy, because in many instances there seemed no prospect, however remote, of the advent of a Hercules to deliver them.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various
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As we looked at her I think we all realized anew that what the world called stoicism in Susan B. Anthony throughout the years of her long struggle had been, instead, the splendid courage of an indomitable soul -- while all the time the woman's heart had longed for affection and recognition.
The Story of a Pioneer Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919 1929
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England is fighting heroically, stoically; but her stoicism is a vital mistake.
Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
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