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Webster 1913 Edition
Stoic
Sto′ic
,Noun.
[L.
stoicus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK], adj., literally, of or pertaining to a colonnade, from [GREEK] 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.
2.
Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
A
Stoic
of the woods, a man without a tear. Campbell.
School of Stoics
. See
The Porch
, under Porch
.Webster 1828 Edition
Stoic
STOIC
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Stoic
Stoic
See also: stoic
English
Adjective
Stoic (comparative more Stoic, superlative most Stoic)
- Alternative letter-case form of stoic
Noun
Stoic (plural Stoics)
- Alternative letter-case form of stoic
- A student of Stowe School, England.
Anagrams
stoic
stoic
See also: Stoic
English
Alternative forms
Noun
stoic (plural stoics)
- (philosophy) 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.
- A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
Translations
proponent of a school of thought
a person indifferent to pleasure or pain
Adjective
stoic (comparative more stoic, superlative most stoic)
- Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
- Not affected by pain or distress.
- Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
Synonyms
- (not affected by pain or distress) apathetic, impassive, stoical
- (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress) expressionless, impassive
Translations
of or relating to the Stoics
not affected by pain or distress
not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain