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Definition of Stoical
1. Adjective. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive. "A stoical sufferer"
Definition of Stoical
1. Adjective. Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stoical
1. stoic [adj] - See also: stoic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoical
Literary usage of Stoical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"In forming an accurate judgment of the stoical ... moral principles which are
common to all mankind, than to the peculiarities of the stoical ..."
2. The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1874)
"Hence the elation, often hyperbolical, which tinges the stoical austerity; hence
the attractiveness of the doctrine and its spread over the world. ..."
3. The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1874)
"Hence the elation, often hyperbolical, which tinges the stoical austerity ; hence
the attractiveness of the doctrine and its spread over the world. ..."
4. An Introduction to Ethics by John Clark Murray (1891)
"stoical THEORIES. THE second main direction of ethical speculation finds the ...
In other words, the stoical theories of morality may be characterized ..."
5. An Introduction to Ethics by John Clark Murray (1891)
"stoical THEORIES. THE second main direction of ethical speculation finds ...
In other words, the stoical theories of morality may be characterized ..."
6. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"Thus Laertius tells us,3 that Boethus, an eminent and famous stoical doctor, did
plainly deny the world to be an animal, that is, to have any sentient, ..."
7. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"But the most important stoical doctrine respecting the nature of man is the
recognition of reason as a superior power or faculty that subordinates all the ..."
8. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"Compared with the stoical principles. 15. Minute philosophers, their talent for
raillery and ridicule. 16. ..."
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