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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
STOIC — (Stack Oriented Interactive Compiler) was a variant of Forth.It started out at the MIT and Harvard Biomedical Engineering Centre in Boston, (part of the Health, Science and Technology Division) and was written in February 1977 by Jonathan Sachs.… … Wikipedia
stoic — STÓIC, Ă, stoici, ce, adj., s.m. şi f. I. adj. 1. Care aparţine stoicismului (1), privitor la stoicism. 2. Ferm, curajos, neclintit (în faţa vicisitudinilor vieţii). II. s.m. şi f. 1. Adept al stoicismului (1). 2. Om ferm, curajos, neclintit,… … Dicționar Român
stoic — stoic, stoical As an adjective, stoic is normally used attributively (i.e. before a noun, as in stoic virtues and stoic indifference), and preserves a more direct reference to the philosophy of the ancient Stoics from whom the word is derived. In … Modern English usage
stoic — ► NOUN 1) a stoical person. 2) (Stoic) a member of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism. ► ADJECTIVE 1) stoical. 2) (Stoic) relating to the Stoics or Stoicism. ORIGIN G … English terms dictionary
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stoic — index patient, resigned, spartan, unaffected (uninfluenced) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
stoic — (n.) late 14c., philosopher of the school founded by Zeno, from L. stoicus, from Gk. stoikos pertaining to a member of or the teachings of the school founded by Zeno (c.334 c.262 B.C.E.), characterized by austere ethical doctrines, lit.… … Etymology dictionary
stoic — *impassive, phlegmatic, apathetic, stolid Analogous words: detached, aloof, *indifferent, unconcerned: imperturbable, composed, collected, *cool: unassailable, indomitable (see INVINCIBLE): patient, long suffering, resigned (see corresponding… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stoic — / stoical [adj] philosophic, calm aloof, apathetic, cool, cool as cucumber*, detached, dispassionate, dry, enduring, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, indomitable, longsuffering, matter of fact, patient, phlegmatic, resigned, rolling with… … New thesaurus
Stoic — [stō′ik] n. [ME Stoycis (pl.) < L stoicus < Gr stōikos < stoa, porch, colonnade (see STOA): because Zeno taught under a colonnade at Athens] 1. a member of a Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno about 308 B.C., holding that all… … English World dictionary
