| 单词 | stoicism |
| 释义 | stoicism (once / 12862 pages) n If you rarely show emotion or feeling, that’s stoicism. Your stoicism helps you endure physical or emotional discomfort without complaint, a helpful trait for long car trips with annoying people. The noun stoicism, pronounced "STOW-ih-siz-um," comes from Stoicism, the ancient Greek philosophical school, which taught that reason could overcome destructive emotions for a more virtuous life. Having great control over one’s emotions and responding calmly to misfortune are the marks of stoicism. If you take the good and the bad in stride without drama of any kind, your stoicism is admirable. WORD FAMILYstoicism: stoicisms+/stoic: stoical, stoically, stoics/stoical: stoicism USAGE EXAMPLESHe is afraid seeing them would crumble the stoicism that shields him day to day. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Still, the actress clearly establishes the aunt’s abundant wit and whistle-in-the-dark stoicism. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) Jacqueline and Robert Kennedy’s stoicism, more than anything, felt like something out of history. Time(Nov 17, 2016) n an indifference to pleasure or pain Syn|Hyper stolidity, stolidness emotionlessness, unemotionality absence of emotion Stoicism (once / 33578 pages) n WORD FAMILY Stoicism: Stoicisms USAGE EXAMPLESNow Stoicism is finding resonance with new followers. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) Neuroscience and ancient wisdom from Buddhism and Stoicism have answers. Time(Oct 04, 2016) A key part of Stoicism is just asking yourself, “Can I do anything about this?” Time(Sep 27, 2016) n (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno Hyper philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
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