Stoic vs Melodramatic - What's the difference?
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(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.
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.
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
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As adjectives the difference between stoic and melodramatic
is that stoic is of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas while melodramatic is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.As a noun stoic
is proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 (BCE) up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.stoic
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Alternative forms
* Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(Stoicism) (en adjective)Synonyms
* (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassiveAnagrams
* ----melodramatic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She wrote him a melodramatic letter, threatening to kill herself.