In Athens around 300 BC, Zeno of Citium founded a school of philosophy called Stoicism, and a person who followed the idea was called a Stoic. The main goal of a Stoic was to avoid unnecessary emotions.
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.
Noun
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
Noun
someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
Adjective S.
seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
Adjective
pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
n.
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.
n.
Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one
who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
n.
Alt. of Stoical
Stoic
A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
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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An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.
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