stoicness

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stoicness

  • /ˈstəʊɪknəs/ UK
  • /ˈstoʊɪknəs/ US

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From Latin stōicismus. By surface analysis, stoic + -ness. First attested in the 1700s.

noun stoicalness

  1. uncountable The quality or state of being stoic; impassiveness, endurance, or indifference to pleasure or pain. 1780, July 10, London...habitual stoicness enable me to bear, without ever extorting from me the least lamentation.
  2. uncountable The nature or characteristics of the school of philosophy centered on reason and endurance; used in analytical discourse. The Stoicness of Seneca's tragedies is not, according to R., a simple thing.

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noun the quality or state of being stoic

Españolestoicidad
Portuguêsestoicidade
Françaisstoïcité, insensibilité
DeutschStoischheit
Русскийстоичность stoičnostʹ

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@misc{stoicness_2026,
  title = {stoicness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stoicness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}