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stoical(dictionary)

stoical (iou)



stoical adjective. LME.
[formed as STOIC + -AL1.]
Of or belonging to the Stoics; characteristic of the Stoic philosophy. LME.
Of disposition, behaviour, etc.: characterized by indifference to pleasure and pain. Of a person: resembling a Stoic; practising repression of emotion, indifference to pleasure and pain, and patient endurance in adversity. L16.
B. Montgomery I used to praise the Russian..people for their stoical endurance of many hardships.
stoicalness noun E18.