Stoical

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Stoics; hence, manifesting or maintaining indifference to pleasure or pain; exhibiting or proceeding from calm fortitude: as, stoical indifference.
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  • adjective. Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.
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  • adjective. seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  • Word Usage
    "After awhile he moved, lifted his head, and looked about him dully at first and then with a certain stoical acceptance of his plight."
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