All 10 Uses
stoic
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Orange Is the New Black
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- How could I admit that the All-American Girl's force field of stoicism and self-reliance and do-unto-others-and-keep-smiling wasn't working, wasn't keeping pain and shame and powerlessness away?†
p. 227.9stoicism = a school of philosophy whose adherents try not to be affected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
- It wasn't just my peers who applauded this trait; the prison system mandates stoicism and tries to crush any genuine emotion, but everyone, jailers and prisoners alike, is still crossing boundaries left and right.†
p. 228.3
- My deep contempt for Levy was not only because I didn't like the way she put herself above others but also because she was the opposite of stoic.†
p. 228.4 *
- She was stoic and quiet and received permission for a half-day furlough to attend his funeral.†
p. 228.9
- I didn't realize it, but I had really been raised to follow the ethos of Stoicism—the Greco-Roman answer to Zen.†
p. 241.9stoicism = a school of philosophy whose adherents try not to be affected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
- Many people on the outside (especially men) had admired my stoicism when I was on my way to prison.†
p. 241.9
- According to Bertrand Russell, the virtuous stoic was one whose will was in agreement with the natural order.†
p. 241.9
- Stoicism sure comes in handy when they take away your underpants.†
p. 242.3stoicism = a school of philosophy whose adherents try not to be affected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
- The truth is, I was having trouble being a good stoic.†
p. 242.5
- I no longer thought of myself in the terms that D. H. Lawrence used to observe on our national character: "The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer.†
p. 279.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(stoic) seeming unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, a stoic can refer to a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno (known for striving to be unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions).