Stoic
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- adjective
- /ˈstoʊɪk/
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estoico
- Even in the face of great loss, she remained stoic, refusing to show her distress.
- Stoic philosopher
- Stoic philosophy
- Stoic thought
And again, this is where like Stoic philosophy comes in, which I'm.
- And again, this is where like Stoic philosophy comes in, which I'm.
- There is kind of something sort of cool and stoic and heroic about that.
- Now, Epictetus in the handbook is concerned only with a small portion of the Stoic picture.
- Like he was a role model is like this stoic guy that would just work hard, show up, drop his kids off at school, come to football training every single night.
- We're doing a lot on Indian wisdom on Stoic philosophers conference room here.
- You, which you can do, is the Stoic philosophy is how you react to it mentally.
Examples
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How many times was I to wish I had that same strength, that stoic control over my emotions?
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Here is one possible account based on Stoic principles:
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And so Stoic would say, OK, So what you want to do is you want to think about the three elements of control here.
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...they were a stoic bunch.
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But with his stoic presence, I mean, you know he cares.
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I mean, some of the the Stoic wisdom is a bit too Stoic for me.
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There is kind of something sort of cool and stoic and heroic about that.
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I'm just more of the stoic, fighter type, you know?
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And that actually brings us to what I'd like to finish with, which is the new book right behind you, Stoic wisdom, ancient lessons.
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I love Angela, but she's a very serious, stoic, true English woman.
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Synonyms
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Not showing feelings or complaining when in pain
How Unemotional
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stoic comes from the Greek word stoa, which means 'porch', because Zeno taught at a porch where people gathered and his ideas became known as Stoicism. So when we call someone Stoic as an adjective, we mean they stay calm, control their feelings, and accept what happens.