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Stoicism

ˈstəʊɪsɪz(ə)m

Stoicism definitions

noun

Inflections:

stoicism

the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint

Synonyms:
patience forbearance resignation lack of protest lack of complaint fortitude endurance acceptance acceptance of the inevitable fatalism philosophicalness impassivity dispassion phlegm imperturbability calmness coolness cool
an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge; the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain