Synonyms of stoicism

stoicism

noun

as in nonchalance

the quality or behavior of a person who accepts what happens without complaining or showing emotion

She endured his criticism with her usual stoicism.

Related Words

• nonchalance
• disregard
• casualness
• indifference
• impassivity
• recklessness
• stolidity
• impassiveness
• carelessness
• insouciance
• detachment
• unconcern
• phlegm
• apathy
• bloodlessness
• disinterestedness
• coldness
• complacence
• incuriosity
• torpor
• lukewarmness
• unawareness
• tepidity
• lethargy
• heedlessness
• tepidness
• incuriousness
• halfheartedness
• aloofness
• callousness
• dispassion
• hardness
• cool
• listlessness
• insensitivity
• callosity
• hard-heartedness

Dissimilar Words

• awareness
• attention
• curiosity
• sensitivity
• attentiveness
• keenness
• conscientiousness
• prejudice
• bias
• warmth
• zeal
• desire
• heedfulness
• warmheartedness
• partiality
• interest
• ardor
• concern
• passion
• vehemence
• regard
• fervency

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stoicism

Melliti keeps the shy teenager’s reactions neutral, Fatima’s stoicism a strategy to prevent exposing her inexperience. — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026

Hüller was overwhelmed by the praise at the Palais, her trademark stoicism breaking as the crowd saluted her moments of emotional abandon — including a tearjerker of a long-distance phone call and an explosion of rage at her narcissistic patriarch. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026

Those reservations have been blown up by the bombastic presence of Alcaraz combined with Sinner’s stoicism, a synergy seen in full force at Roland Garros last year. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026

Finally, Jack's stoicism and apparent resistance to joining Ralph and the rest of the boys also differentiated, since the book details how all of the boys were emotional upon being rescued. — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026