stoical
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7.8
- adjective
- /ˈstoʊɪkəl/
:
estoico
- Despite the pain of his injury, he remained stoical, refusing to complain.
But actually what they found was that the boys were a little more stoical and could sort of compartmentalize and move on.
- But actually what they found was that the boys were a little more stoical and could sort of compartmentalize and move on.
- The non actual thought of it, which came from renouncing the actual world, appeared earlier as the stoical self consciousness.
- But the Consolation of Philosophy, interestingly enough, is a stoical work, has very little explicitly about Christianity.
Examples
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But actually what they found was that the boys were a little more stoical and could sort of compartmentalize and move on.
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His own view was more stoical and fatalistic.
Academic text (2000) -
As it was late in the evening and I felt certain that nothing was broken, I decided to be stoical.
Fiction book (1992) -
Martin wanted me to be stoical.
Fiction book (1996) -
And yet he remains stoical.
Fiction book (1995) -
He's pretty stoical in his approach to most things, right?
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Hawthorne looked both ready and stoical, like a man about to lift something heavy.
Fiction book (1999) -
I, who was usually stoical, was aflame in pure pain.
Fiction book (1993) -
It is very difficult to go through some of these stoical experiments to see what you can live with or live without, but, in the end, it's worth the work.
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Meanwhile, Samson and Delilah patiently waited nearby, ignored yet omnipresent, as stoical as only robots can be.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
20
7.0
Calm when in pain or under stress
11
4.4
Not showing strong feelings
5
8.8
Not showing emotion when something bad happens
Antonyms
How Emotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stoical comes from the Greek word Stoa, a painted 'porch' in Athens where the philosopher Zeno and his students met and practised calm and self-control. That's why being stoical means to 'endure' pain or difficulty without showing feelings or complaining.