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

n. A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno about 308 B.C., 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.

adj. Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive: "stoic resignation in the face of hunger” ( John F. Kennedy).

adj. Of or relating to the Stoics or their philosophy.

n. 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.

n. a person indifferent to pleasure or pain

n. a student of Stowe School, England.

adj. of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas; see Stoicism

adj. not affected by pain or distress

adj. not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress

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.

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

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

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

[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).

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

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

adj. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

adj. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

n. someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

n. a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno

"The cackles were the kind that tapdanced up my spine, and yet I had to remain stoic and "manly" because I was watching the film with a half-dozen girls."

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