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  • 42Inexcitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of excitability, or of excitement. < N PARAG:Inexcitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inexcitability inexcitability imperturbability inirritability Sgm: N 1 even temper even temper tranquil mind dispassion Sgm: N… …

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  • 43stoic — [ stəʊɪk] noun 1》 a stoical person. 2》 (Stoic) a member of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism. adjective 1》 stoical. 2》 (Stoic) of or belonging to the Stoics or Stoicism. Origin ME: via L. from Gk stōïkos, from stoa (with ref. to the… …

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  • 44stoic — I. n. Follower of Zeno, Stoical philosopher. II. a.; (also stoical) Passionless, apathetic, unimpassioned, imperturbable, philosophic, Platonic, cool, indifferent, cold, cold blooded, impassive, impassible, patient …

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  • 45stoic — ► NOUN 1) a stoical person. 2) (Stoic) a member of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism. ► ADJECTIVE 1) stoical. 2) (Stoic) relating to the Stoics or Stoicism. ORIGIN G …

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  • 46Stoic — [stō′ik] n. [ME Stoycis (pl.) < L stoicus < Gr stōikos < stoa, porch, colonnade (see STOA): because Zeno taught under a colonnade at Athens] 1. a member of a Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno about 308 B.C., holding that all… …

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  • 47stoic — n. & adj. n. 1 a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno c.308 BC, which sought virtue as the greatest good and taught control of one s feelings and passions. 2 (stoic) a stoical person. adj. 1 of or like the… …

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  • 48Stoic — n. & adj. n. 1 a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno c.308 BC, which sought virtue as the greatest good and taught control of one s feelings and passions. 2 (stoic) a stoical person. adj. 1 of or like the… …

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  • 49sto´i|cal|ness — Sto|i|cal «STOH uh kuhl», adjective. = Stoic. (Cf. ↑Stoic) sto|i|cal «STOH uh kuhl», adjective. 1. like a stoic; indifferent to pleasure and pain; self controlled: »a stoical person. 2. of or like that of a stoic: »stoical courage. –sto´i|cal|ly …

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  • 50sto´i|cal|ly — Sto|i|cal «STOH uh kuhl», adjective. = Stoic. (Cf. ↑Stoic) sto|i|cal «STOH uh kuhl», adjective. 1. like a stoic; indifferent to pleasure and pain; self controlled: »a stoical person. 2. of or like that of a stoic: »stoical courage. –sto´i|cal|ly …

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