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stoicism|ˈstəʊɪsɪz(ə)m|
[ad. mod.L. stōicismus, f. L. stōicus: see stoic and -ism. Cf. F. stoïcisme (17th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. (With capital initial.) The philosophy of the Stoics.
1626[Featley] Pelagius rediv. D 1 b, This Doctrine bringeth into the Church..Stoicisme. 1694G. Stanhope tr. Epictetus' Mor. Pref., The same Difficulty lies against Stoicism, with regard to Civil Society. 1712Addison Spect. No. 243 ⁋5 Stoicism, which was the Pedantry of Virtue, ascribes all good Qualifications, of what kind soever, to the virtuous Man. 1863E. V. Neale Anal. Thought & Nature 99 But when we meet stoicism in the works of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, we find a remarkable change. 1910Q. Rev. Apr. 575 Stoicism, with a disposition to regard man as a self-sufficing unit, becomes aristocratic, whereas Christianity in its essential characteristics is democratic.
2. Conduct or practice conformable to the principles of the Stoics; austerity, repression of feeling, fortitude.
1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlem. (1641) 102, I admit of no such strict Stoicisme; but rather..to use wine or any such strong drinke to strengthen and comfort Nature. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xxvii. 168 This unmoved apathy in opinionative uncertainties, is a warrantable piece of Stoicism. a1721Prior Vicar of Bray & Sir T. Moor 577 Wks. 1907 II. 261, I am afraid your Lordship may grow Angry, which would be a little against Your Stoicism. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 260 This last outrage overcame even the stoicism of the savage. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 282 It was said that William so far forgot his wonted stoicism as to utter a passionate exclamation at the way in which the English regiments had been sacrificed. 1871Standard 23 Jan., Paris received the news of General Chanzy's check..without losing its stoicism. |