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stoicism

/stoh-uh-siz-uhm/US // ˈstoʊ əˌsɪz əm //UK // (ˈstəʊɪˌsɪzəm) //

拘谨主义,委曲求全,坚毅主义,坚毅

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 b.c., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.
    • : conduct conforming to the precepts of the Stoics, as repression of emotion and indifference to pleasure or pain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Without overshadowing his talented counterparts, Cedar commands the stage with a meticulous mix of stoicism and candor.

  • It has an old-fashioned, world-weary stoicism that lends a potentially ludicrous story emotional heft.

  • Stoicism has an appeal for anyone who faces uncertainty–that is, for all of us.

  • But now her frigid stoicism quickly devolves into a kind of nymphomania.

  • She explained, “People who know me would know stoicism is amongst my key attributes.”

  • With delicate female tact, with fine female stoicism too; keeping all things within limits.

  • Already he had begun to practise that stoicism which, on the whole, was the keynote of his life at St. Helena.

  • Whatever he may have suffered, he endured with the stoicism that is traditional in his race.

  • This highest class begins usually with Stoicism, and ends with Epicureanism.

  • Such extraordinary courage and determination had this man attained merely through early exercises in Stoicism.