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stoical

Meanings

  • a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining

    - "Although John had a toothache, he continued to work in the garden without complaining."
    - "Despite the fact that Mary had a high fever, she remained calm and did not show any signs of distress."
Rhymes
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Alive , Bive , Cive , Dive , Eive , Five , Give , Hive , Ive , Jive , Kive , Live , Mive , Nive , Oive , Pive , Qive , Rive , Sive , Tive , Uive , Vive , Wive , Xive , Yive , Zive
Homophones
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  1. Stoic

  2. Stotic

  3. Stotick

  4. Stoeical

  5. Stoicale

  6. Stoicall

  7. Stoeic

  8. Stoicic

  9. Stoickic

  10. Stoeick

  11. Stoeickic

  12. Stoickicic

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stoic , stoical , stoically
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adjective: stoical, adverb: stoically, verb: (to be or become) stoical

Etymology
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From the Greek word stoikos, which means 'solid,' 'sturdy,' or 'enduring'.

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  1. Emotion: The Stoics believed in suppressing emotions and maintaining a calm and rational mindset. This philosophy was based on the belief that emotions were ephemeral and could be controlled through reason and discipline.

  2. Moral philosophy: The Stoics developed a moral philosophy based on the principles of reason, virtue, and the natural order of things. According to this philosophy, the ultimate goal of human life was to live in harmony with nature and to cultivate the virtues of wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance.

  3. Logic: The Stoics made significant contributions to the development of logic. They believed that logic was the science of reasoning and that it was essential for understanding the natural world and for making rational decisions in life. The Stoics developed a system of logical analysis based on the principles of identity, non-contradiction, and excluded middle. They used this system of logical analysis to explore the nature of reality and to develop arguments for their philosophical positions.

Quotes
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  1. My "stoic" Serbian brother-in-law, Aleksandar Vasilic, gave me the ultimate confidence booster of bawling all the way through the manuscript when I gave it to him to read.

    - Helene Cooper,{it}The House At Sugar Beach{/it},(2008) 2009

  2. Grant recorded his thought-experiment when he was an old man dying of cancer, who in spite of his pain had managed to achieve a "stoical" serenity.

    - Jackson Lears,{it}New Republic{/it},9 & 16 Sept. 2002

  3. As it flew past the pole, a three-run homer, Richardson saw the "stoical" Berra do something he'd never seen him do. "Halfway between home and first, he was jumping up and down," Richardson recalls. "Boy, was he happy to hit that ball!"

    - William Nack,{it}Sports Illustrated{/it},23 Oct. 2000
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In ancient Greek culture, the Stoics were a philosophical school that believed in living in harmony with nature and accepting the inevitable. This philosophy was later adopted by the Roman Empire and influenced Western thought for centuries.

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