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Stoic has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
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

3

Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. 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.

4

Alternative letter-case form of stoic

5

A student of Stowe School, England.

Adjective
1

seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

"stoic courage"

"stoic patience"

"a stoical sufferer"

2

pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

3

Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

4

Alternative letter-case form of stoic

Example Sentences
"a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" noun
"stoic courage" adjective
"stoic patience" adjective
"a stoical sufferer" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
emotional person
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
philosopher adult
Rhyming Words
oic loic zoic ncoic dioic troic egoic azoic furoic meroic lipoic samoic ketoic octoic thioic domoic senoic hexoic heroic echoic
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