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Stoicism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Stoicism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an indifference to pleasure or pain

2

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

3

A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unemotionality philosophical doctrine
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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