different between stoicism vs stoically

English

Alternative forms

• Stoicism

Etymology

From stoic +? -ism

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sto??s?z?m/
• Hyphenation: sto?i?cism

Noun

stoicism (countable and uncountable, plural stoicisms)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• misticos

Romanian

Etymology

From French stoïcisme

Noun

stoicism n (uncountable)

1. stoicism

Declension

English

Etymology

From stoical +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st??.?k.?l.i/, /?st??.?k.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sto?.?k.?l.i/, /?sto?.?k.li/

Adverb

stoically (comparative more stoically, superlative most stoically)

1. In a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering or expressing complaint.
   • 2010, Christopher Reich, Rules of Betrayal, chapter 41, page 208

     Frank Connor look the news stoically and, except for a sudden and nearly unnoticed grimace, with no outward show of emotion.

2. In an unfeeling manner that inwardly is unaffected by pain or distress.
   • 1985, Larry Morton Gernsbacher, The Suicide Syndrome: Origins, Manifestations, and Alleviation of Human Self-destructiveness, page 143

     Regardless of how involved Carl outwardly appears, inside he holds himself stoically detached.

3. (philosophy) In a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism.

Related terms

• stoic / Stoic
• stoical
• stoicism

Translations

Anagrams

• callosity