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stoicism

/ˈstəʊəˌsɪzəm/STOH-uh-sih-zuhm
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈstoʊəˌsɪzəm/STOH-uh-sih-zuhm

Meaningthe way of the stoics

Common meaning: calm endurance of hardship without complaint

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sta-‘stand, whence various extended forms’source
  2. Greekstoa‘colonnade’source
  3. LatinStoicus‘Stoic’source
  4. Englishstoic‘person who endures difficulty without complaint’
  5. Englishformed in English from stoicstoicism‘calm endurance of hardship without complaint’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from stoic + -ism.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), STOIC, p.599 · scan

Source words

  • stoa Greek · source word “colonnade”

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