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    stoical
    /ˈstəʊɪkl/

    adjective

    • 1. enduring pain and hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining: "he taught a stoical acceptance of suffering"

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  2. determined not to complain or show your feelings, especially when something bad happens to you: We knew she must be in pain, despite her stoic attitude. He showed a stoic resignation towards his fate. Local people were stoical about the damage caused by the hurricane. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Patient and uncomplaining. dove.

  3. 1. capitalized : of, relating to, or resembling the Stoics or their doctrines. Stoic logic. 2. : not affected by or showing passion or feeling. especially : firmly restraining response to pain or distress. a stoic indifference to cold.

  4. Stoical definition: a variant of stoic. . See examples of STOICAL used in a sentence.

  5. Jun 12, 2024 · If you say that someone behaves in a stoical way, you approve of them because they do not complain or show they are upset in bad situations. [formal, approval] He never made excuses, maintaining a stoical silence. He had been stoical at their parting.

  6. 1. One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain. 2. Stoic A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno of Citium about 308 bc, believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness.

  7. 5 days ago · adjective. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive. “a stoical sufferer”. synonyms: stoic. unemotional. unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion.

  8. the quality of experiencing pain or trouble without complaining or showing your emotions: He endured the pain of his wounds with great stoicism. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Patient and uncomplaining. dove. equable. equably. equanimity. even-tempered. forbearing. long-sufferingly. non-combative. pacific. patience. peace-loving.

  9. Being stoic is being calm and almost without any emotion. When you're stoic, you don't show what you're feeling and you also accept whatever is happening. The noun stoic is a person who's not very emotional. The adjective stoic describes any person, action, or thing that seems emotionless and almost blank. Mr.

  10. If you say that someone behaves in a stoical way, you approve of them because they do not complain or show they are upset in bad situations.

  11. Stoic definition: of or relating to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.. See examples of STOIC used in a sentence.