Stoic

What do we mean by stoic?

One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain. noun

A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno of Citium about 308 BC, believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Its later Roman form advocated the calm acceptance of all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order. noun

Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive. adjective

Of or relating to the Stoics or their philosophy. adjective

capitalized Pertaining to the Stoics, or to their teaching: as, a Stoic philosopher; the Stoic doctrine; hence, manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain (compare stoical).

capitalized A disciple of the philosopher Zeno, who founded a sect about 308 b. c. noun

Hence A person not easily excited; one who appears or professes to be indifferent to pleasure or pain: one who exhibits calm fortitude. noun

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

Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint. adjective

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. noun

Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain. noun

See The Porch, under Porch. noun

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, one can be free of suffering. noun

A person indifferent to pleasure or pain noun

A student of Stowe School, England. noun

Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas; see Stoicism adjective

Not affected by pain or distress adjective

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

Pertaining to Stoicism or its followers adjective

Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive adjective

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to stoic:
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