Definition of "stoic"
- noun
Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 BCE 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.
A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
A student of Stowe School, England.
- adjective
Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas; see Stoicism.
Not affected by pain or distress.
Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
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