stoicnessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin stōicismus. By surface analysis, stoic +‎ -ness. First attested in the 1700s.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈstəʊɪknəs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈstoʊɪknəs/
• ハイフネーション: sto‧ic‧ness

名詞

stoicness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being stoic; impassiveness, endurance, or indifference to pleasure or pain. [18th c.–present]
   • 1891, Edward Perceval Wright, The Manuscripts and Correspondence of James, First Earl of Charlemont, volume 1, page 375:

     1780, July 10, London...habitual stoicness enable me to bear, without ever extorting from me the least lamentation.

   • 1998, Raymond Benoit, “"My Estrangement from Nature”: An Undergraduate Theme of Theodore Roethke”, in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews, volume 11, number 1, page 31:

     His taciturnity and stoicness, too, were Indian-like characteristics.

   • 2015, Zandalee Springs, Mexican Masculinities: Migration and Experiences of Contemporary Mexican American Men, page 104:

     The point of stoicness is addressed more in the section on emotion.

2. The nature or characteristics of the school of philosophy centered on reason and endurance; used in analytical discourse. [20th c.]
   • 1991, Peter E. Knox, “Ovid: "Amores": Text, Prolegomena, and Commentary in Four Volumes”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 1, page 239:

     The Stoicness of Seneca's tragedies is not, according to R., a simple thing.

   • 1993, Jacques Brunschwig, Martha C. Nussbaum (eds.), Passions and Perceptions: Studies in Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind, volume 2, Cambridge University Press:

     ...these three philosophers constitute a benchmark to use in measuring the 'Stoicness' of other thinkers.