stoicism

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Definition

noun an indifference to pleasure or pain
noun (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

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

Zeno.--The original founder of Stoicism. — Pascal's Pensées, Blaise Pascal
), who organised Stoicism into a system. — Meditations, Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
"I think the Romans call it stoicism. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott

stolidity, stolidness

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