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IPA transcription: [s'toʊə,sɪzəm]

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Noun

  • an indifference to pleasure or pain

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

Usage examples

  • So defined, Socratic intellectualism became a key philosophic doctrine of Stoicism.
  • Zeno of Citium in turn adapted the ethics of Cynicism to articulate Stoicism.
  • The Stoa was the location from which Zeno of Citium taught Stoicism.
  • Historians have also studied his neo-Stoicism and his ideas about virtue, prudence, and discipline.