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Vinony

stoical

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstoʊ.ɪk.əl/ / /ˈstəʊ.ɪk.əl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English stoicalle, from Latin stōicus + -al. By surface analysis, stoic + -al.

  1. 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."”