stoic

CEFRC1

/ˈstəʊ.ɪk/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Calm and showing little emotion during difficulty.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Examples

  • Marcus Aurelius, called the Philosopher, was a Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher.

  • Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus are the three most important Stoic philosophers.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈstoʊ.ɪk/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

  2. Not affected by pain or distress.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. 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.

More examples

In context

  • The longer I remain alive the more stoic I become.

  • Even a Rolls-Royce owner, I began to feel, would be a stoic to travel across Europe by car when the "Rheingold" is on offer.

  • It makes a tremendous emotional and practical difference to one whether one accept the universe in the drab discolored way of stoic resignation to necessity, or with the passionate happiness of Christian saints.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Latin stōicus (noun via Middle English Stoycis pl), from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (Stōïkós), from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikílē Stoá, “the Stoa Poikile”, literally “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno of Citium was teaching.