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[syn: stoic, stoical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stoical
adj 1: seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic
courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn:
stoic, stoical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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