stoicism
noun
sto·i·cism
ˈstō-ə-ˌsi-zəm 
1
Stoicism
: the philosophy of the Stoics
2
: indifference to pleasure or pain : impassiveness
especially
: acceptance of misfortune without complaint or discernible emotion
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She endured his criticism with her usual stoicism.
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Janelle Ash , Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
The paramount leader has responded to Trump’s mercurial nature with an equally ambiguous stoicism — responding harshly with tariffs of his own while insisting that all these disagreements can be worked out diplomatically.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
His mother’s dignified stoicism, her heroic ability to stomach pain and disappointment, and her crusade for a life of sacrifice and virtue, forever burn inside Nixon — but so does an insatiable desire to be loved and respected and the acrid taste of social rejection from an early age.
—Tim Greiving, HollywoodReporter, 20 Dec. 2025
How’s that for Swedish stoicism?
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Stoicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoicism. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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