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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sto•ic /ˈstoʊɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - Philosophyof or relating to a belief that people should be free from passion.
- stoical.
n. [countable] - one who accepts such a belief.
sto•i•cism /ˈstoʊəˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stoic /ˈstəʊɪk/ n - a person who maintains stoical qualities
adj - a variant of stoical
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Sto•ic (stō′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Philosophyof or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.
- (l.c.) stoical.
n. - Philosophya member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- (l.c.) a person who maintains or affects the mental attitude advocated by the Stoics.
- Greek Stōikós, equivalent. to stō- (variant stem of stoá stoa) + -ikos -ic
- Latin Stōicus
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Stoic /ˈstəʊɪk/ n - a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium, holding that virtue and happiness can be attained only by submission to destiny and the natural law
adj - of or relating to the doctrines of the Stoics
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek stōikos, from stoa the porch in Athens where Zeno taught |