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stoicism.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstəʊɪsɪzəm/UK/ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/US
  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.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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