Stoic /(?)/
Sto·ic
Stoic
n.
- 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.
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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.
Phrases & Compounds
- School of Stoics
- See The Porch, under Porch.
Stoic
a.
- Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.
- Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint.