Meaning & use
stoicism
The endurance of pain or hardship without complaint or visible emotion.
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He faced the diagnosis with a quiet stoicism that impressed everyone around him.
Ancient Stoicism teaches that we should accept calmly what we cannot control.
A note on using this word
Capitalized Stoicism refers to the specific ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school; lowercase stoicism describes the general trait of calm endurance.
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