STOICISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An indifference to pleasure or pain

Synonyms:

stoicism; stolidity; stolidness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stoicism" is a kind of...):

emotionlessness; unemotionality (absence of emotion)

Derivation:

stoical (seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive)

Meaning:

(philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Stoicism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)