About The Word Stoic
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What's The Definition Of Stoic?
[n] a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
[n] someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions [adj] seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [adj] pertaining to Stoicism or its followers Synonyms | Synonyms for Stoic: stoical | unemotional | unemotional person Related Terms | Find terms related to Stoic: See Also | adult | grownup | philosopher Stoic In Webster's Dictionary \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally,
of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a
porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his
successors taught.]
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\, Stoical \Sto"ic*al\, a. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sto["i]que. 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. |
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