Stoic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊɪk

Alternative forms

• Stoic
• Stoick obsolete
• stoick obsolete

Origin

From Latin stoicus, from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός, from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikilē Stoa, "painted portico"), the portico in Athens where Zeno was teaching.

Full definition of stoic

Noun

1. (philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 BC 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.
2. A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
2. Not affected by pain or distress.
3. Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

Synonyms

• (not affected by pain or distress) apathetic, impassive, stoical
• (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress) expressionless, impassive

Related terms

• stoical
• stoically
• stoicism

Anagrams

• Ostic