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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stoic
noun
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▪ He accepted our fate like a stoic and refused to make a fuss.
▪ Most people, however, are not stoics.
▪ What would he have had if he'd played the stoic?
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Stoic

Stoic \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally, of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his successors taught.]

  1. A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.

  2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.

    A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
    --Campbell.

    School of Stoics. See The Porch, under Porch.

Stoic

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.

  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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stoic

late 14c., "philosopher of the school founded by Zeno," from Latin stoicus, from Greek stoikos "pertaining to a member of or the teachings of the school founded by Zeno (c.334-c.262 B.C.E.), characterized by austere ethical doctrines," literally "pertaining to a portico," from stoa "porch," specifically Stoa Poikile "the Painted Porch," the great hall in Athens (decorated with frescoes depicting the Battle of Marathon) where Zeno taught (see stoa). Meaning "person who represses feelings or endures patiently" first recorded 1570s. The adjective is recorded from 1590s in the "repressing feelings" sense, c.1600 in the philosophical sense. Compare stoical.

Wiktionary
stoic

a. 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. n. 1 (context philosophy English) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 (B.C.E.) up to about the time of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20Aurelius, 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.

WordNet
stoic
  1. adj. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn: stoical]

  2. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

Wikipedia
STOIC

STOIC (Stack-Oriented Interactive Compiler) is a 1970s programming language, a variant of Forth.

Stoic (film)

Stoic is a 2009 arthouse drama film directed and written by Uwe Boll. The film is one of two dramas, the other Darfur, Boll planned to direct.

Stoic (mixtape)

Stoic is the third mixtape by Grammy Award winning American R&B recording artist and rapper T-Pain, it was released on September 30, 2012. The mixtape features guest appearances from Tay Dizm, Pitbull, Nuke Nikelz, Doe Montana, Notty Black, Skye, Young Cash, Mistah Fab, Krizz Kaliko, Tech N9ne, Shay Mooney, Big K.R.I.T., and Travie McCoy.

Usage examples of "stoic".

Tully is speaking there according to the opinions of the Stoics, who did not give the name of passions to all, but only to the disorderly movements of the sensitive appetite.

Stoic, just as he was a prig and a polygamist and several other unpleasant and heathen things.

Corporal Scithers, was stoic, a quiet young man when others were around, but when alone with his commander he could rattle on endlessly about weapons and vehicles and other military matters.

Sceptics, or decide with the Stoics, sublimely speculate with Plato, or severely argue with Aristotle.

He tended to smile, while his companion was stoic of expression in keeping with his Amerind tradition.

Bruce Cook, a slim, personable, slightly balding grown-up version of the brainiest kid you ever knew in high school, provided a contrast to Allan Ropper, with his more athletic bearing, stoic square-jawed countenance, and full head of graying hair.

From a stoic swamp Yankee to a reserved federal agent to a brash aspiring criminologist, who obviously knew her own mind.

Of the four most celebrated schools, the Stoics and the Platonists endeavored to reconcile the jarring interests of reason and piety.

Stoic and Aristotelian syllogistic and dialectic method used also by his Monarchian opponents.

Davy Hansen was too much the stoic Norski to show surprise if he could help it.

Even the stoic Klingon seemed horrified by the scope of what Sela was discussing so calmly.

Secondly, the satiric voice in both poets shifts in tone, topic, and values from section to section and line to line, avoiding universal statements as a matter of principle, and condemning whoever, Stoic or Tory, uses universals as a source of unworthy power.

Stoic and Epicurean, and you both think, I fear, that if Xanthippe had founded a school, my philosophy would also be defined.

The influence of the Stoic and Epicurean philosophies of Nova Babylonia was evident in her doctrines, and deplored.

The big herbivores turned to face the rain, stoic misery in their posture.