stoic
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin stoicus, from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (stōikos), from ποικίλη στοά (poikilē stoa, “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno was teaching.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊɪk
[edit] Noun
stoic (plural stoics)
- Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 BCE up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, that one can be free of suffering.
- a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
- a student of Stowe School, England.
[edit] Translations
proponent of a school of thought
a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
a student of Stowe School
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[edit] Adjective
stoic (comparative more stoic, superlative most stoic)
- of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas; see Stoicism
- not affected by pain or distress
- not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress
[edit] Synonyms
- (not affected by pain or distress) apathetic, impassive, stoical
- (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress) expressionless, impassive
[edit] Translations
of or relating to the Stoics
not affected by pain or distress
not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain
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