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STOICISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
