Definition of stoic Stoic

/stowˈɪk/ - [stowik] - Sto•ic

We found 14 definitions of stoic from 5 different sources.

What does stoic mean?

Noun Plural: stoics
stoic - someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
		unemotional person
		emotional person a person subject to strong states of emotion
		grownup, adult any mature animal
stoic - a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
		philosopher a specialist in philosophy
Adjective stoic, stoicer, stoicest
stoic - seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
		stoical
		unemotional unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
stoic - pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

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stoic (Noun)
A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
stoic (Noun)
A student of Stowe School , England.
stoic (Adjective)
Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas; see Stoicism.
stoic (Adjective)
Not affected by pain or distress.
stoic (Adjective)
Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

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.
stoic (n.)
Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
stoic (n.)
Alt. of Stoical

stoic
stō′ik, n. a disciple of the philosopher Zeno (340-260 B.C.), who opened his school in a colonnade called the Stoa Poikilē ('painted porch') at Athens—later Roman Stoics were Cato the Younger, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius: one indifferent to pleasure or pain.—adjs. Stō′ic, -al, pertaining to the Stoics, or to their opinions; indifferent to pleasure or pain.—adv. Stō′ically.—ns. Stō′icalness; Stō′icism, the doctrines of the Stoics, a school of ancient philosophy strongly opposed to Epicureanism in its views of life and duty: indifference to pleasure or pain. [L. Stoicus—Gr. Stōïkos—stoa, a porch.]

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