Stoic

A stoic is defined as someone who seems indifferent to emotions.

(noun)

An example of stoic is a mother not showing happiness at her daughter's wedding.

The definition of stoic is someone who seems detached from their emotions.

(adjective)

An example of stoic is not crying at a funeral.

See Stoic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a member of a Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno about 308 , holding that all things, properties, relations, etc. are governed by unvarying natural laws, and that the wise man should follow virtue alone, obtained through reason, remaining indifferent to the external world and to passion or emotion
a stoical person

Origin: ME Stoycis (pl.) < L stoicus < Gr stōikos < stoa, porch, colonnade (see stoa): because Zeno taught under a colonnade at Athens

adjective

See Stoic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain.
Stoic A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno about 308 B.C., believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Its later Roman form advocated the calm acceptance of all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order.

adjective also sto·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive: “stoic resignation in the face of hunger” (John F. Kennedy).
Stoic Of or relating to the Stoics or their philosophy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English Stoic, a Stoic

Origin: , from Latin Stōicus

Origin: , from Greek Stōikos

Origin: , from stoā (poikilē), (Painted) Porch, where Zeno taught; see stā- in Indo-European roots

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