stoical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈstəʊ.ɪk.əl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈstoʊ.ɪk.əl/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English stoicalle, from Latin stōicus + -al. By surface analysis, stoic + -al.
Meanings
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Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.
"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."
1969 July 13, Lawrence M. Bensky, “Susan Sontag, Indignant, Stoical, Complex, Useful -- and Moral”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most stoical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more stoical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stoicalness · unstoical · stoically · superstoical
Relateds
Translations (9)
bg стоически (enduring pain) · el στωικός (enduring pain) · pl stoicki (enduring pain) · ca estoic (enduring pain) · mi whakarongo uka (enduring pain) · fr stoïque (enduring pain) · vi khắc kỉ (enduring pain) · es estoico (enduring pain) · pt estoico (enduring pain)