a person who is able to suffer pain or trouble without complaining or showing what they are feeling
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her stoic endurance his stoical acceptance of death
NAmE//ˈstoʊɪkli//
adverb They reacted stoically to the news. From the Stoics, a group of ancient Greek philosophers, who believed that wise people should not allow themselves to be affected by painful or pleasant experiences.See stoic in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: stoic