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Definition of "stoicism" [sto•i•cism]

  • Indifference to pleasure or pain; impassiveness. (noun)
  • The doctrines or philosophy of the Stoics. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stoicism" in a sentence
  • "It must have been a lesson in stoicism to withstand them!"
  • "The great English journalist Harold Evans, editor of the Sunday Times at the time of the Birmingham bombings, says, "I hate to use the word stoicism, but its true.""
  • "And stoicism is a personalty trait of an individual not a sex."