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stoicism

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noun

IPA: /ˈstoʊɪsɪzəm/

Say it like: Sto-ysi-sm

The correct spelling is stoicism. 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 on…

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noun

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

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