noun

stoicism

STOH-ih-siz-um/ˈstəʊɪsɪzəm/

The philosophical tradition emphasizing reason and self-control despite adversity.

She applies the self-control taught by stoicism while the clinician treats her knee.

A woman calmly endures treatment of a visibly scraped knee: she sits upright with a composed face and relaxed hands while a clinician gently cleans the abrasion.

Etymology

stoGreekporch, portico

+icGreekpertaining to

+ismGreekpractice or teaching

The porch root identifies Zeno's teaching place, while the final ending marks a doctrine or practice. Alongside the philosophical meaning, stoicism developed the sense of calm fortitude or indifference to pain and pleasure.

In context

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we need one where you're not crying because we know there's a stoicism in this man we need to have that strength

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More examples

Ancient stoicism teaches that virtue matters more than wealth.
In stoicism, people focus on what they can control.
His course explores how stoicism guides responses to hardship.

Forms

stoicism

stoic noun — A follower of the philosophy of stoicism.