stoic

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

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.

Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive.

Of or relating to the Stoics or their philosophy.

[capitalized] Pertaining to the Stoics, or to their teaching: as, a Stoic philosopher; the Stoic doctrine; hence, manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain (compare stoical).

[capitalized] A disciple of the philosopher Zeno, who founded a sect about 308 b. c.

Hence A person not easily excited; one who appears or professes to be indifferent to pleasure or pain: one who exhibits calm fortitude.

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.

See The Porch, under Porch.