3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sto"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster +PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stoical adj : seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn: {stoic}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 19 Moby Thesaurus words for "stoical": apathetic, calm, cool, disciplined, dispassionate, emotionless, frigid, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, long-suffering, phlegmatic, resigned, self-controlled, self-possessed, stoic, stolid, unemotional, unflappable
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