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stoicism

[stoh-uh-siz-uhm] / ˈstoʊ əˌsɪz əm /




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Melliti keeps the shy teenager’s reactions neutral, Fatima’s stoicism a strategy to prevent exposing her inexperience.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Ms. Phillips’s father was a World War II veteran and a failed businessman, the offspring of a once-proud Confederate family; he bore his humiliations with laconic stoicism.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Unflattering returns but Bashir's stoicism has ensured he's not been overly affected by the noise surrounding his non-selection.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

I’m usually a loyalist to the cornmeal-swirled muffin — I love that little grainy grit, the way it reins in lush summer fruit with a bit of prairie stoicism.

From Salon Dec. 16, 2025

Of that imagined stoicism, that theo-retical courage, not a trace w'as left.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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