Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stoicism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stoicism \Sto"i*cism\, n. [Cf. F. sto["i]cisme.]
1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain;
insensibility; impassiveness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stoicism
n 1: an indifference to pleasure or pain [syn: {stolidity}, {stolidness}]
2: the philosophical system of the Stoics following the
teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno [syn: {Stoicism}]
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