English Explanatory Dictionary

stoicism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈstəʊɪsɪzəm/ /ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stoicism.wav

Word forms

stoicism stoicisms

Etymology

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

Derived words

neostoicism
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