stoical
/ˈstoʊ.ɪk.əl/
UK: /ˈstəʊ.ɪk.əl/
STOƱ · ɪk · əl (3 syllables)
English
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Definition
Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.
Etymology
From Middle English stoicalle, from Latin stōicus + -al. By surface analysis, stoic + -al.
Example Sentences
- ""More and more, the shrewdest thinkers and artists are precocious archeologists of ... ruins-in-the-making, indignant or stoical diagnosticians of defeat, enigmatic choreographers of the complex spiritual movements useful for individual survival in an era or permanent apocalypse.""
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