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stoic¹
- /ˈstəʊ.ɪk/ UK
- /ˈstoʊ.ɪk/ US
- /ˈstoːɪk/ South Asia
Rhymes with -əʊɪk
Where it comes from
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.
noun stoics · Stoic · Stoick · stoick · Stoïc · Stoïck
- 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. The anima mundi, to whose disposal of his own personal destiny the Stoic consents, is there to be respected and submitted to, but the Christian God is there to be loved; and the difference of emotional atmosphere is like that between an arctic climate and the tropics, though the outcome in the way o
- A person indifferent to pleasure or pain. Even a Rolls-Royce owner, I began to feel, would be a stoic to travel across Europe by car when the "Rheingold" is on offer.
adjective more stoic · most stoic · Stoic · Stoick · stoick · Stoïc
- Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
- Not affected by pain or distress.
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Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
It makes a tremendous emotional and practical difference to one whether one accept the universe in the drab discolored way of stoic resignation to necessity, or with the passionate happiness of Christian saints.
Similar: expressionless, impassive
Stoic²
adjective more Stoic · most Stoic
- Alternative letter-case form of stoic
noun Stoics
- Alternative letter-case form of stoic
Stoic³
noun Stoics
- A student of Stowe School, England.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: stoical, unemotional, unemotional person, stark, unflinching, austere, impassive, rugged, joyless, bleak, self-controlled, phlegmatic, unflappable, imperturbable, dispassionate, long-suffering
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noun proponent of a school of thought
| Español | estoico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스토아 seutoa |
| Português | estoico |
| Français | stoïcien, stoïcienne |
| Deutsch | Stoiker |
| Italiano | stoico, stoica |
| Ελληνικά | στωικός stoïkós |
| Русский | сто́ик stóik |
| العربية | رِوَاقِيّ riwāqiyy |
noun a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
| Español | estoico, estoica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 냉철 naengcheol |
| Français | stoïque |
| Deutsch | Stoiker |
| Ελληνικά | στωικός stoïkós |
| Русский | сто́ик stóik |
| Tiếng Việt | khắc kỉ |
adj of or relating to the Stoics
| Español | estoico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스토아적 seutoajeok |
| Deutsch | stoisch |
| Italiano | stoico |
| Ελληνικά | στωικός stoïkós |
| Русский | стои́ческий stoíčeskij |
| العربية | رِوَاقِيّ riwāqiyy |
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