"stoic" in the noun sense
1. Stoic
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
"a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
2. stoic, unemotional person
someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
"stoic" in the adjective sense
1. stoic, stoical
seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain impassive
"stoic courage"
"stoic patience"
"a stoical sufferer"
2. Stoic
pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
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