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stoicism

/ˈstəʊɪsɪzəm/noun

उच्चारण स्टोइसिज़म

सहनशीलता, धैर्य, तटस्थता

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    the fact of not complaining or showing what you are feeling when you are suffering

    सहनशीलता, धैर्य, तटस्थता

    • She bore the pain with stoicism.
    • The soldiers faced the cold winter with stoicism.
    • Sailors faced the storm with stoicism.
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    • His quiet stoicism won the respect of the whole team.
    • The nurse admired the stoicism of her elderly patients.

    Synonyms patience forbearance fortitude endurance resignation

    Opposite complaining impatience emotionalism

◇Word family
stoic noun, adj.stoical adj.
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Keep the patience words together: stoicism, fortitude (courage in pain), forbearance (patience and self-control), endurance, equanimity.

धैर्य के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: stoicism, fortitude (कष्ट में साहस), forbearance (धैर्य और आत्म-संयम), endurance, equanimity।

⌂Word origin and word building

From the Stoics, ancient Greek philosophers who taught that people should accept pain and pleasure calmly.

Stoics से, प्राचीन यूनानी दार्शनिक जो सिखाते थे कि लोगों को दुख और सुख शांति से स्वीकारने चाहिए।

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A person who accepts suffering without complaining is a stoic; one who is indifferent to pleasure and pain stoical.

बिना शिकायत कष्ट सहने वाला stoic; सुख और दुख के प्रति उदासीन stoical।