All 3 Uses of
stoic
in
One Hundred Years of Solitude
- She prepared a repugnant potion for them made out of mashed wormseed, which they both drank with unforeseen stoicism, and they sat down at the same time on their pots eleven times in a single day, expelling some rose-colored parasites that they showed to everybody with great jubilation, for it allowed them to deceive Ursula as to the origin of their distractions and drowsiness.†
Chpt 2stoicism = a school of philosophy whose adherents try not to be affected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
- They were six lawyers in frock coats and top hats who endured the violent November sun with stiff stoicism.†
Chpt 9 *
- Meme bore up under the exhibitions with the same stoicism that she had dedicated to her apprenticeship.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(stoic) seeming unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, a stoic can refer to a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno (known for striving to be unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions).