stoic

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His father was standing on the steps--stoic, concerned, non-judgmental.

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  1. noun One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain.
  2. noun A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno about 308 B.C., believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Its later Roman form advocated the calm acceptance of all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order.
  3. adjective Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive: "stoic resignation in the face of hunger” (John F. Kennedy).
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  • Watts is no Neo-Platonist weaving mystical doctrines from the ancient hero tales; he is rather a stoic, a moralist, a teacher of earthly things. —  Watts
  • Gillian looked as if she wanted to kill the groom; Brodick looked stoic, and the priest appeared to be on the verge of hysteria. —  Garwood, Julie - Ransom
  • He wished to think of himself as a stoic, quite indifferent about his "carcase." —  The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
  • Yankee Stadium is the kind of stoic, self-conscious monument to history that befits the most successful franchise in American sports. —  Sue's Place
  • For a program known as a stoic blueblood, it's remarkable how many tear ducts were tortured.
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  1. Middle English Stoic, a Stoic, from Latin Stōicus, from Greek Stōikos, from stoā (poikilē), (Painted) Porch, where Zeno taught; see stā- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also stoick; = P. stoique = Spanish estóico = Portuguese estoico = Italian stoico, from Latin stoicus, from Greek στωικός, pertaining to a porch or portico, specifically pertaining to that called *στοα\ Ποικίλη, ‘the Painted Porch’ in the Agora at Athens, and to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who frequented this porch.
 

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