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stoical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stoic |
| Derivation | stoic, stoicism |
a stoical sufferer.
Examples of stoical
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Down the generations he has stayed cocooned, in memory, in a stoical mediocrity.
From the time.com
He found Lee, the suspected nuclear spy for the Chinese, bewildered but stoical.
From the time.com
The anti-cuts coalition-generals, constables and all-will be much less stoical.
From the economist.com
Darling, an essentially passive politician, endured this with stoical patience.
From the guardian.co.uk
A National Treasure must be aged, stoical and talented, but not too cutting-edge.
From the guardian.co.uk
No wonder he had recommended the stoical, steady approach that served him so well.
From the independent.co.uk
The islanders, who want to stay British, are stoical about the Argentine measures.
From the economist.com
Only the funereal, stoical Guy Fawkes remains largely immune to his probings.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
If you are fond of Morpurgo, the loss of Joey's stoical musings won't matter.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Stoic: seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
- (stoic) a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
- (stoic) someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
- (stoic) pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
- Stoicism (also known as de Stoa or "Stoa" in continental law countries ) is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BC...
- STOIC (Stack-Oriented Interactive Compiler) was a variant of Forth. It started out at the MIT and Harvard Biomedical Engineering Centre in Boston, (part of the Health, Science and Technology Division) and was written in the mid 1970s by Jonathan Sachs. ...
- (Stoic (film)) Stoic is an arthouse feature by Uwe Boll. The film is one of two dramas, the other Darfur, Boll plans to direct. Unlike many of his previous directorial efforts, Stoic is not an adaptation of a video game.
- (The Stoic) The Stoic is a novel by Theodore Dreiser, first published in 1947. It is the conclusion to A Trilogy of Desire, his series of novels about Frank Cowperwood, a businessman based on the real-life streetcar tycoon Charles Yerkes. ...
- Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
