stoicness

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1. Latin · borrowed fromstōicismus
2. English todaystoicness

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

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 18th c.–present The quality or state of being stoic; impassiveness, endurance, or indifference to pleasure or pain.
• 20th c. The nature or characteristics of the school of philosophy centered on reason and endurance; used in analytical discourse.