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STOIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Stoic mean?
• STOIC (noun)
The noun STOIC has 2 senses:
1. a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
2. someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
Familiarity information: STOIC used as a noun is rare.
• STOIC (adjective)
The adjective STOIC has 2 senses:
1. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
2. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
Familiarity information: STOIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny
Hypernyms ("Stoic" is a kind of...):
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
Stoic (pertaining to Stoicism or its followers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
stoic; unemotional person
Hypernyms ("stoic" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Derivation:
stoic; stoical (seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
Synonyms:
stoic; stoical
Context example:
a stoical sufferer
Similar:
unemotional (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)
Derivation:
stoic (someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Stoicism ((philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno)
Derivation:
Stoic (a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno)
Context examples
The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all; and to "burst" with boldness and good-will into "the silent sea" of their souls is often to confer on them the first of obligations.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
You have hosted Saturn on your Sun in Capricorn since December 2017 and ever since, you have been beset with challenges that you calmly met head-on with your characteristic stoic sensibility and steadfast courage.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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