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Apathetic

Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
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Stoic

One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain.
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Apathetic

Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.
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Stoic

Stoic A member of an originally Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno of Citium about 308 BC, believing that God determined everything for the best and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Its later Roman form advocated the calm acceptance of all occurrences as the unavoidable result of divine will or of the natural order.
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Apathetic

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
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Stoic

Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
"stoic resignation in the face of hunger" (John F. Kennedy).
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Apathetic

Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
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Stoic

Stoic Of or relating to the Stoics or their philosophy.
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Apathetic

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless.
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Stoic

(philosophy) Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 {{B.C.E.}} up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
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Apathetic

Showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
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Stoic

A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
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Apathetic

Showing little or no emotion or animation;
A woman who became active rather than apathetic as she grew older
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Stoic

Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
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Apathetic

Marked by a lack of interest;
An apathetic audience
The universe is neither hostile nor friendly; it is simply indifferent
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Stoic

Not affected by pain or distress.
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Stoic

Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
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Stoic

A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.
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Stoic

Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
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Stoic

Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.
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Stoic

Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint.
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Stoic

A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno;
A Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny
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Stoic

Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
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Stoic

Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive;
Stoic courage
Stoic patience
A stoical sufferer
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Stoic

Pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
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