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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  stoical 
  adj  :  seeming  unaffected  by  pleasure  or  pain;  impassive;  "stoic 
  courage";  "stoic  patience";  "a  stoical  sufferer"  [syn: 
  {stoic}]




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