Expressionless vs. Stoic — What's the Difference?

Lacking expression

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

Without expression

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.

Destitute of expression.

Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

Deliberately impassive in manner;

Stoic Of or relating to the Stoics or their philosophy.

(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.

A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

Not affected by pain or distress.

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

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.

Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.

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

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

A member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno;

Someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive;

Pertaining to Stoicism or its followers