stoic

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
2. A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Adj

1. Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
2. Not affected by pain or distress.
3. Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

Conceptes

filosòfic

estoic

Sinònims

stoical

unemotional person

ascetic

composed

detached

emotionless

impassive

imperturbable

indifferent

insensible

neutral

philosophic

philosophy

placid

quiet

sedate

self-possessed

serene

slack

smooth

still

stillness

tranquil

unagitated

unconfused

unexcitable

unexcited

unflappable

unprovocative

unruffled

windlessness

Stoic

unbaffled

unawed

unangry

unprovoking

brave

calm

Traduccions

στωικός

stoïque

estoico

stoisch

Stoiker

stoïcijns

stoïsch

stoico

stoacılık

stoïcijn

estoico

stoïcien

philosophique

απαθής άνθρωπος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈstəʊɪk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: Stoycis

In summary

From Latin stōicus (noun via Middle English Stoycis pl), from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (Stōïkós), from Ποικίλη Στοά (Poikílē Stoá, “the Stoa Poikile”, literally “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno of Citium was teaching.