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.
      
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   2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to
      pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or
      bad fortune without complaint. -- {Stoic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Stoic*al*ness}, n.
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Stoic \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally,
   of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a
   porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his
   successors taught.]
   1. A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect
      which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved
      by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to
      unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.
      
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   2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person;
      one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to
      pleasure or pain.
      
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            A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
                                                  --Campbell.
      
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   {School of Stoics}. See {The Porch}, under {Porch}.
      
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