stoicism

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.

Synonyms

stolidness

stolidity

indifference

asceticism

endurance

impassiveness

patience

stoicalness

emotionlessness

sereness

calmness

insensibility

Stoicism

placidity

quiet

quietism

serenity

smoothness

callousness

ataraxia

unconcern

composure

detachment

discipline

disinterestedness

Translations

estoicismo

stoïcisme

Stoizismus

stoicismo

stoïcisme

στωικισμός

Geduld

Duldsamkeit

estoïcisme

Asketik

Grundsatz der Enthaltsamkeit

Stoa

στωική φιλοσοφία

stoischer Lebenswandel

Ausdauer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/

Etymology

From Latin stōicismus. By surface analysis, stoic + -ism. First attested in the 1620s.