(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
(n.) Alt. of Stoical
Example Sentences:
(1) His mother, devoted and stoic, read aloud the sad, true stories of cruelty and passion between the wars contained in his father's briefs for the divorce court.
(2) My dear stoic father, honest as the days are long, was looking, for once in his life, thoroughly jangled, and I kept wanting to impart upon him mentally the wise words of Grandpa Abe Simpson : "They say the greatest tragedy is when a father outlives his son.
(3) I don’t know if it has to do with his stoic demeanor as he sat behind President Obama during a State of the Union, or those baby-blue eyes all over the news on Tuesday, as he announced that he wasn’t running for president this year, citing his faith in the political process ( swoon ).
(4) There's Diane, the co-founding partner at Alicia's law firm, who is neither bitch nor secretly unfulfilled nor shrew; Alicia herself, an almost uniquely stoic female character; Kalinda, who – well, she just kicks ass in every way, don't get me started; Peter's mother, who sits like a sweetly smiling spider in the middle of the domestic web; and even the Florricks' 14-year-old daughter is not a screaming teenage cipher but a thoughtful and considered player in this increasingly brilliant ensemble piece.
(5) A paranoid strain is manifest in Stoic utterances generally, especially in the Stoic conception of autarky, where the Sage regards himself as distinctly "other" in the midst of society, and indifferent to its values, except as he dissembles his indifference.
(6) Rahat, then 23, was expected to quietly carry on the family tradition: a stoic commitment to devotional music.
(7) Scattered throughout are cutaways of undulating hills and stoic ruminants filming exterior shots of sheep against a backdrop of yawning bees.
(8) I looked over toward the stoic portrait of Alfred Wegener for a bit of strength.
(9) I expected sadness but there was mainly stoic pride.
(10) "That tribalist attitude, that stoic adherence to past genres – especially coming from Manchester – it's really weird, because no person of my generation consumes any media in a linear format.
(11) A stoic silence, sustained by an artificial pretence that Mr Brown has his party's convinced backing, may be thought the best strategy now – even if voters will see through it.
(12) This myth is embodied by a stoic and conflictive figure, product of an ethnic mixture, but more essentially of transculturation.
(13) The British themselves are pretty stoic, there is a long tradition of watching sport in rain macs or listening to Cliff Richard or whatever.
(14) Beginning with a very different attitude of the antiquity taken up to suicide, which was normally not regarded as a self-murdering but as a voluntary departing this life and as such as a philosophically based act of liberty especially by members of the stoic system who not seldom commited suicide themselves, another estimation is discussed which was exercised by the Pythagoreans and the members of the Aristotele's doctrine.
(15) DM: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is playing the stoic holding role, refusing to budge and occasionally gesticulating wildly at the referee, although never actually getting into the danger zone at the forefront of the action.
(16) He paid as much attention to the floorboards or the tangle of buddleia in the yard below as he would to a woman's belly, Leigh Bowery's feminine bulk, Bruce Bernard's stoic drunkard's poise, Lord Goodman's vanity, Sue the Benefits Supervisor's affected boredom.
(17) Hunt, described on Monday by Sukey Cameron, representative of the Falkland Islands in London, as "stoic", deployed the local defence force of about 60 men (of which he was commander-in-chief) and a contingent of about 80 Royal Marines.
(18) What is more, Smith was scrupulous in ensuring that at no point had his philosophy been built on Christian or even, as some have claimed, Stoic, assumptions.
(19) In his memoirs, he seems stoic rather than bitter about his fall from grace: “In the eyes of the Parisians, who like routine in things but are changeable when it comes to people, I committed two great wrongs.
(20) In fact, by now, I have reached the conclusion that a person may make a decision to die because the balance of their mind is level, realistic, pragmatic, stoic and sharp.
Trepidation
Definition:
(n.) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
(n.) Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
(n.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
Example Sentences:
(1) Nevertheless, he admits to a degree of trepidation.
(2) In a 2010 essay, Berman wrote of visiting the Bronx again, with trepidation, fearing that the borough's notorious self-immolation would have left nothing of the world he remembered.
(3) Trepidation gave way to further jubilation when Kightly doubled their lead.
(4) I wouldn’t put David Haye in just yet because he achieved more as a cruiserweight.” That’s a handy shopping list of varying talent and, apart from Wilder, the WBC champion with the imposing knockout record but yet to be truly stretched, it is not a field to invite trepidation.
(5) This feeling of trepidation isn't helped when I spot him, standing out a mile among the post-work drinkers and carefully dressed-down new-media types, not just because of his mane of blond hair but because his face is covered in faded bruising and the remains of a black eye.
(6) Did the pair not have any trepidation about mining the Nazis for jokes?
(7) Democrats running for president have traditionally shown “trepidation” about calling for more gun control, notes Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union.
(8) They used to approach trips to Merseyside with trepidation, but won at Anfield for the first time in 52 years in August.
(9) "Certainly, latent and overt stereotypes, fear or trepidation about others, and even naked racism may have contributed to static levels of interaction and the slow pace at which social bonds are being forged between South Africans of different race groups," the report notes.
(10) Read more The outspoken Joyce – who to the trepidation of many colleagues has been elected leader of the rural-based Nationals party and therefore also becomes deputy prime minister in Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition government – just got a little more publicity than he was banking on.
(11) In Brussels, the visit will nevertheless be watched with trepidation, for fear the Russians could make Tsipras an offer he cannot refuse.
(12) It’s so important that all views are heard and understood in order for us to learn to trust and respect each other more.” Many synod members were approaching the closed process with trepidation, Broadbent said.
(13) The annual economic update – which also sets out government's plans for managing economic growth, and provides a rough guide to the following spring's budget – is already causing some trepidation for councils.
(14) But for all the complaints about Obama’s healthcare act, one doesn’t have to go far in Northampton County to find someone who loves the law, and views the current Republican effort with trepidation, or worse.
(15) Among those are several of the constituencies where Lib Dems will be looking at any Green bounce with trepidation, such as St Ives and North Cornwall.
(16) The portion of fate that depends on the unknown is called 'douleur', and this must be considered and explored with trepidation."
(17) When she won her party's leadership contest back in March, you could sense two conflicting reactions rippling through the Welsh nationalists' collective psyche: excitement about such a radical politician taking the top job; and from more conservative quarters, a real trepidation about what she might do with her new role.
(18) While trepidation remains, things have changed rapidly.
(19) The agenda is a full one, with the mood one of caution and some trepidation.
(20) On the approach to the national stadium in Saint-Denis, which was the target for three suicide bombers almost exactly seven months ago amid terrorist attacks on the capital that killed 130 people , home fans draped tricolors around their shoulders and donned novelty chicken hats, but the usual celebratory air was undercut by a mix of defiance and trepidation.