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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stoic \Sto"ic\, Stoical \Sto"ic*al\, a. [L. stoicus, Gr ?: cf F. sto["i]que. See {Stoic}, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines. 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv -- {Sto"ic*al*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stoic adj 1: seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn: {stoical}] 2: pertaining to Stoicism or its followers [syn: {Stoic}] n 1: a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" [syn: {Stoic}] 2: someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions [syn: {unemotional person}] [ant: {emotional person}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: STOIC {STring Oriented Interactive Compiler}
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