(formal) a person who is able to suffer pain or trouble without complaining or showing what they are feeling
stoic (also stoical ) adjective:
her stoic endurance * his stoical acceptance of death
stoically adverb:
They reacted stoically to the news.
ORIGIN From the Stoics, a group of ancient Greek philosophers, who believed that wise people should not allow themselves to be affected by painful or pleasant experiences.
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