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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesestoico
Pronunciation / Transliteration: isˈtojku
"Ele manteve uma postura estoica."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Enduring pain and hardship without showing one's feelings or complaining.
"She maintained a stoic silence throughout the difficult ordeal."
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A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
"True to his nature as a stoic, he accepted the bad news without a single tear."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek word stōikos, meaning 'pertaining to the porch' (stoa), referencing the Stoa Poikile or 'Painted Porch' in Athens where Zeno of Citium taught philosophy around 300 BCE. The term evolved to describe a person who can endure hardship without displaying feelings or complaining.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stoic" is said worldwide
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stoïque
Transliteration: stɔik
"Il est resté stoïque face aux critiques."
stoisch
Transliteration: ˈʃtoːɪʃ
"Er ertrug die Schmerzen mit stoischer Ruhe."
stoico
Transliteration: ˈstɔiko
"Mantenne un atteggiamento stoico."
estoico
Transliteration: esˈtojko
"Fue estoico ante la adversidad."
estoico
Transliteration: isˈtojku
"Ele manteve uma postura estoica."
उदासीन
Transliteration: udasin
"वह अपनी कठिनाइयों में उदासीन रहा।"
坚忍的
Transliteration: jiānrěn de
"他在逆境中表现得十分坚忍。"
금욕적인
Transliteration: geumyokjeogin
"그는 고통을 금욕적으로 참아냈다."
ストイック
Transliteration: sutoikku
"彼は自分の目標に対してストイックだ。"
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