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1. (adj.) Stoic
of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.
2. Stoic
(l.c.) stoical.
3. (n.) Stoic
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
4. Stoic
(l.c.) a person who maintains or affects the mental attitude advocated by the Stoics.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L Stōicus < Gk Stōïkós, der. of stoástoa, the portico at Athens where Zeno taught)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Stoic
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
"a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
2. (adj) stoic, unemotional person
someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
3. (adj) stoic, stoical
seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
"stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
4. (adj) Stoic
pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) stoic
a disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed
2. (noun) stoic
hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain
3. (noun) stoic
alt. of Stoical
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