English to afrikaans meaning of

stoicism

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord stoïsisme verwys na 'n filosofie wat deur die antieke Griekse filosoof Zeno van Citium gestig is, wat selfbeheersing, rasionaliteit en losmaking van emosionele reaksies op eksterne gebeure beklemtoon. Dit verwys ook na 'n persoon wat onverskillig is teenoor plesier of pyn, uithouvermoë en deursettingsvermoë toon in die aangesig van teëspoed, en 'n kalm en rasionele houding in moeilike situasies handhaaf. In moderne gebruik kan die term stoïsisme ook verwys na 'n algemene houding van aanvaarding en veerkragtigheid in die aangesig van swaarkry of terugslae.

Sentence Examples

  1. Although in a state of perfect repose, and apparently disregarding, with characteristic stoicism, the excitement and bustle around him, there was a sullen fierceness mingled with the quiet of the savage, that was likely to arrest the attention of much more experienced eyes than those which now scanned him, in unconcealed amazement.
  2. Chinese tanks maintained their brawny stoicism at the halfway point over each concrete span, where, at the slight arc of a two-lane highway over the river, a pair of hostile, sovereign nation-states met.
  3. The unwonted cry had brought the sisters, together with the wounded David, from their place of refuge and the whole party, at a single glance, was made acquainted with the nature of the disaster that had disturbed even the practiced stoicism of their youthful Indian protector.
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