- of or relating to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.
- characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics, especially in the face of trouble or loss; not giving in to one’s emotions: I'm normally pretty stoic about goodbyes.At first, the artist’s father remained stoic about her success, barely reacting when she won the award.
- a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- a person who maintains or affects the mental attitude advocated by the Stoics: She's such a stoic—she's suffering, but she never says a word about it.
- a person who maintains stoical qualities
- a variant of stoical
- a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium, holding that virtue and happiness can be attained only by submission to destiny and the natural law
- of or relating to the doctrines of the Stoics
