stoic
Meanings
Plural: stoics
Noun
- a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
- "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
- someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
- 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 Satellite
- seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
- "stoic courage"
- "stoic patience"
- "a stoical sufferer"
Adjective
- pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
Adj
- Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
- Not affected by pain or distress.
- Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin stōicus (noun via Middle English Stoycis pl), from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (Stōïkós), from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikílē Stoá, “the Stoa Poikile”, literally “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno of Citium was teaching.
Synonyms
apathetic, expressionless, impassive, stoical, unemotional person
Antonyms
emotional person
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