Stoicism is calm endurance of whatever comes. Face it with stoicism.
With a capital letter it names the Greek philosophy that taught it, which is having a revival. Stoicism as a temperament is admired and is not always the same as being well.
1nounstoicismCalm endurance of whatever comes.
“The stoicism of the whole family was remarked on at the funeral.”
stoicism is a quality.
Latin stoicismus comes from Stoicus, from the Stoa Poikile in Athens where the school taught.
Latin
stōicismus
English, today
stoicism
From Latin stōicismus. by surface analysis, stoic + -ism. 1620s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA