STOIC

stoic, stoical

(adjective) seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; “stoic courage”; “stoic patience”; “a stoical sufferer”

Stoic

(adjective) pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

Stoic

(noun) a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; “a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny”

stoic, unemotional person

(noun) someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

Stoic (comparative more Stoic, superlative most Stoic)

Alternative letter-case form of stoic

Noun

Stoic (plural Stoics)

Alternative letter-case form of stoic

Etymology 2

Noun

Stoic (plural Stoics)

A student of Stowe School, England.

Anagrams

• Coits, Ostic, Sciot, Ticos, coits

Etymology

Noun

stoic (plural stoics)

(philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Adjective

stoic (comparative more stoic, superlative most stoic)

Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

Not affected by pain or distress.

Synonyms: apathetic, impassive, stoical

Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

Synonyms: expressionless, impassive

Anagrams

• Coits, Ostic, Sciot, Ticos, coits

Source: Wiktionary

Sto"ic, n. Etym: [L. stoicus, Gr.

1. 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. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain. A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear. Campbell. School of Stoics. See The Porch, under Porch.

Sto"ic, Sto"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. stoicus, Gr. stoïque. See Stoic, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.

2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.

– Sto"ic*al*ly, adv.

– Sto"ic*al*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition