stoical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stoical
    adj 1: seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic
           courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn:
           {stoic}, {stoical}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stoic \Sto"ic\, Stoical \Sto"ic*al\, a. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?: cf.
   F. sto["i]que. See {Stoic}, n.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or
      their doctrines.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to
      pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or
      bad fortune without complaint. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Sto"ic*al*ness}, n.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "stoical":
      apathetic, calm, cool, disciplined, dispassionate, emotionless,
      frigid, impassive, imperturbable, indifferent, long-suffering,
      phlegmatic, resigned, self-controlled, self-possessed, stoic,
      stolid, unemotional, unflappable
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