'Stoicism' definitions:
Definition of 'stoicism'
From: WordNet
noun
An indifference to pleasure or pain [syn: stoicism, stolidity, stolidness]
noun
(philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
Definition of 'Stoicism'
From: GCIDE
- Stoicism \Sto"i*cism\, n. [Cf. F. sto["i]cisme.]
- 1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Stoicism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstainment,
- abstemiousness,
- abstention,
- abstinence,
- altruistic ethics,
- aretaics,
- Aristotelian philosophy,
- Aristotelianism,
- asceticism,
- avoidance,
- banyan day,
- casuistry,
- categorical imperative,
- celibacy,
- chastity,
- Christian ethics,
- comparative ethics,
- continence,
- deontology,
- egoistic ethics,
- empiricism,
- Encratism,
- Epicureanism,
- eschewal,
- ethical formalism,
- ethical philosophy,
- ethology,
- ethonomics,
- eudaemonics,
- evolutionism,
- fast,
- fish day,
- Friday,
- fruitarianism,
- golden rule,
- gymnosophy,
- hedonism,
- intuitionism,
- Lenten fare,
- moral philosophy,
- nephalism,
- perfectionism,
- Peripatetic school,
- Peripateticism,
- plain living,
- Platonic philosophy,
- Platonism,
- Pythagoreanism,
- Pythagorism,
- Rechabitism,
- refraining,
- refrainment,
- sexual abstinence,
- Shakerism,
- simple diet,
- situation ethics,
- spare diet,
- Spartan fare,
- Stoic philosophy,
- teetotalism,
- the pledge,
- total abstinence,
- utilitarianism,
- vegetarianism
Synonyms of 'stoicism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- austerity,
- backbone,
- bovinity,
- calm,
- calmness,
- coolness,
- dispassion,
- dispassionateness,
- dullness,
- easy temper,
- endurance,
- even temper,
- fatalism,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- forbearingness,
- fortitude,
- good temper,
- grit,
- guts,
- impassiveness,
- impassivity,
- imperturbability,
- imperturbableness,
- indifference,
- indulgence,
- inexcitability,
- inexcitableness,
- inirritability,
- insensibility,
- lenience,
- leniency,
- long-sufferance,
- long-suffering,
- longanimity,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- patientness,
- perseverance,
- phlegm,
- pluck,
- resignation,
- sand,
- self-control,
- self-possession,
- smooth temper,
- steadiness,
- stolidity,
- sufferance,
- sweet reasonableness,
- tolerance,
- toleration,
- unirritableness,
- unnervousness,
- unpassionateness,
- unresponsiveness,
- waiting game,
- waiting it out