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10 Language-to-English DictionariesStoicism
/ˈstoʊ.ɪ.sɪz.əm/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.
"He accepted his illness with remarkable stoicism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word 'stoa', meaning 'porch', referring to the Stoa Poikile or Painted Porch in Athens where Zeno of Citium taught around 300 BC. The term evolved through Latin into modern European languages to describe the philosophical stance of enduring pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stoicism" is said worldwide
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stoïcisme
Transliteration: stoïcisme
"Il a affronté l'épreuve avec un grand stoïcisme."
Stoizismus
Transliteration: Stoizismus
"Sie ertrug den Schmerz mit bewundernswertem Stoizismus."
stoicismo
Transliteration: stoicismo
"Accettò la notizia con un certo stoicismo."
estoicismo
Transliteration: estoicismo
"Soportó las dificultades con gran estoicismo."
estoicismo
Transliteration: estoicismo
"Ele enfrentou a tragédia com admirável estoicismo."
सहिष्णुता
Transliteration: sahishnutā
"उसने बड़े धैर्य और सहिष्णुता के साथ कठिनाइयों का सामना किया।"
克己
Transliteration: kèjǐ
"他以极大的克己精神忍受了痛苦。"
금욕주의
Transliteration: geum-yok-ju-ui
"그는 놀라운 금욕주의로 고통을 견뎌냈다."
ストア主義
Transliteration: sutoa shugi
"彼は見事なストア主義で困難に耐えた。"
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