Definitions for Stoic

Stoic Sto·ic

Spelling: [stoh-ik]
IPA: /ˈstoʊ ɪk/

Stoic is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in Stoic (ciost).

Definitions for Stoic

noun

  1. a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
  2. (lowercase) a person who maintains or affects the mental attitude advocated by the Stoics.

adjective

  1. 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.
  2. (lowercase) stoical.

Origin of Stoic

1350-1400; Middle English Latin Stōicus Greek Stōikós, equivalent to stō- (variant stem of stoá stoa) + -ikos -ic

Examples for Stoic

By comparison, being stereotyped as intellectual, Stoic, and boring might seem like a nice problem to have.

The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is stoa, hence the name of Stoic.

The last was the highest flight of Stoic philosophy about marriage.

He is a Stoic and a fatalist by nature, but an emotionalist as well.

Matthew Axelson (Ben Foster) is given the most Stoic and defiant death and it carries the most power.

From the few photographs of him, we see a stout man with deep Indian features, a thick mustache and Stoic face.

A Stoic figure in a white floor length dress and razor-tailored bodice was accessorized with a giant bull skull as a mask.

I am not a Stoic, and I have never attempted to appear in that character.

Nor was Robert Redford for his towering, largely dialogue-less turn as a Stoic, shipwrecked badass in All is Lost.

Epictetus, one of the ablest of the Stoic philosophers, was a slave.

Word Value for Stoic
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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