Synonyms for stoicism
Most common
indifference apathy coolness insensibility fortitude stoniness
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Noun
1. Indifference
indifference, apathy, coolness, phlegm, insensibility, stolidity, stolidness
Definitions
- n. 1
A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress.
Forms
- Plural
- stoicisms → indifferences, apathies, coolnesses, phlegms…
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Stoicism is an intentional suppression of feeling and deadening of sensibilities, while apathy is involuntary.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- indifference The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.
- apathy Apathy is a paralysis of the soul, an early death.
- coolness We felt the coolness when we arrived at the river.
- fortitude You can't even imagine how much fortitude it requires.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stoicism | rising | |
| indifference | steady | |
| apathy | falling | |
| coolness | rising | |
| insensibility | steady | |
| fortitude | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- apathy3, phlegm1
- 8 letters
- coolness2
- 9 letters
- fortitude3, stolidity, stoniness
- 10 letters
- stolidness
- 12 letters
- indifference4
- 13 letters
- insensibility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apathy3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- stoïcisme
- Italiano
- stoicismo
- Deutsch
- Stoizismus