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Stoic vs Discompassionate - What's the difference?

stoic | discompassionate |

As adjectives the difference between stoic and discompassionate

is that stoic is (stoic) while discompassionate is lacking compassion.

As a noun stoic

is (stoic).

stoic

English

Alternative forms

* Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , 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.

    • Adjective

    (Stoicism) (en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassive

    Related terms

    * stoical * stoically * stoicism

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    discompassionate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • lacking compassion
  • showing no emotion; stoic