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STOIC

a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.

The meaning of the word stoic is a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c..

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abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
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gluttonone given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking
postulatedemand
hummocka rounded knoll or hillock
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
terseusing few words : devoid of superfluity
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence