stoic

C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈstoʊɪk/ UK /ˈstəʊɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
enduring pain or hardship without showing feeling or complaint

She remained stoic throughout the long and painful recovery.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · enduring pain or hardship... impassiveunemotionalstolid phlegmatic forbearinglong-sufferingunflinching

Opposites

emotional excitable demonstrative temperamental

Word family

Forms stoicalstoically

Derived forms stoicalstoicallystoicism

Related forms stoicism

Common collocations

Etymology

From Latin 'stoicus', from Ancient Greek 'stōikos', of the Stoa — the painted porch ('stoa poikilē') in Athens where Zeno taught his philosophy of emotional endurance.

stōikos Ancient Greek stoa Ancient Greek

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives

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# stoic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈstoʊɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈstəʊɪk/

## Meanings
1. enduring pain or hardship without showing feeling or complaint

## Examples
- She remained stoic throughout the long and painful recovery.

## Synonyms
- impassive
- unemotional
- stolid
- phlegmatic
- forbearing
- long-suffering
- unflinching

## Antonyms
- emotional
- excitable
- demonstrative
- temperamental

## Derived Forms
- stoical
- stoically
- stoicism

## Related Forms
- stoicism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: stōikos
- Root: stoa

## Etymology
From Latin 'stoicus', from Ancient Greek 'stōikos', of the Stoa — the painted porch ('stoa poikilē') in Athens where Zeno taught his philosophy of emotional endurance.

## AI Etymology
Stoic is from Latin 'stoicus', from Ancient Greek 'stōikos', of the Stoa — the painted porch ('stoa poikilē') in Athens where Zeno taught his philosophy of emotional endurance. Important recorded forms include stōikos (Ancient Greek) and stoa (Ancient Greek). The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers enduring pain or hardship without showing feeling or complaint. The wider family includes derived forms such as stoical, stoically, and stoicism and related words such as stoicism.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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