stoic

/stouik/

Thân thiện

A stoic person remains calm during a difficult situation.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A person who is seemingly indifferent to emotions: Someone who endures hardship or pain without showing their feelings or complaining.
   • A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno: A follower of Stoicism, a philosophy that teaches virtue, reason, and self-control as the path to a good life.

2. Adjective:

   • Pertaining to Stoicism or its followers: Relating to the philosophy or its adherents.
   • Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive: Showing great self-control and the ability to endure difficulty without emotional display.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Even during the crisis, he remained a stoic, never revealing his fear.
  • The ancient Stoics believed in living in harmony with nature and reason.

• Adjective:

  • She accepted the bad news with stoic calm.
  • His stoic endurance during the long illness inspired everyone.

Advanced Usage

• "Stoic acceptance": The act of accepting a difficult situation without complaint or visible distress.

  • He met his fate with stoic acceptance.

• "Stoic virtue": Referring to the core ethical principles of Stoic philosophy, such as wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance.

  • The essay explored the concept of stoic virtue in modern life.

Variants and Related Words

• Stoical (adj): An alternative form of the adjective 'stoic', meaning the same.

  • She was stoical in the face of criticism.

• Stoicism (n): The name of the philosophy itself, or the quality of enduring pain or hardship without complaint.

  • He practiced stoicism as a way of life.
  • Her stoicism during the ordeal was remarkable.

Synonyms

• Impassive: Not feeling or showing emotion.
• Philosophical: Calmly accepting a difficult situation.
• Long-suffering: Bearing problems or annoyance with patience.

Related Idioms

• "To keep a stiff upper lip": To remain resolute and unemotional in the face of adversity. (This is a related concept, though not using the word 'stoic' directly).
  • True to his upbringing, he kept a stiff upper lip throughout the proceedings.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
2. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
   • stoic courage
   • stoic patience
   • a stoical sufferer

Noun

1. someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
2. a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
   • a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Stoic
• stoical
• unemotional person