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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
stoic
    adj 1: seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic
           courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn:
           stoic, stoical]
    2: pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
    n 1: a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded
         by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to
         destiny"
    2: someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions [syn:
       stoic, unemotional person] [ant: emotional person]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stoic \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally,
   of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a
   porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his
   successors taught.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person;
      one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to
      pleasure or pain.
      [1913 Webster]

            A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
                                                  --Campbell.
      [1913 Webster]

   School of Stoics. See The Porch, under Porch.
      [1913 Webster] Stoic

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stoic \Sto"ic\, Stoical \Sto"ic*al\, a. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?: cf.
   F. sto["i]que. See Stoic, n.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or
      their doctrines.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to
      pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or
      bad fortune without complaint. -- Sto"ic*al*ly, adv. --
      Sto"ic*al*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
STring Oriented Interactive Compiler
STOIC

    (STOIC) A language from the Smithsonian
   Astrophysical Observatory.  STOIC is similar to FORTH for
   strings and includes many VAX-specific items.

   (1998-09-27)


Thesaurus Results for stoic:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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