Stoic
/ˈstəʊɪk/
The meaning and definition of Stoic, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
adjective
- Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
- Not affected by pain or distress.
noun
- 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.
Definitions from the Free Dictionary API
Synonyms
apathetic impassive stoical expressionless
Origin
From Latin stoicus, from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός, from Ancient Greek Ποικίλη Στοά.
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