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The meaning is pretty neutral. In the case of "pain" it could be a positive; in the case of "joy", it is a negative.
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I am not a teacher.
The word 'stoically' itself is neither positive nor negative.
I use it for enduring something negative, such as pain. I wouldn't say, 'He stoically put up with the joy…' In the context of something pleasant I would prefer dispassionate/inscrutable/unemotional, and so on.
The word 'stoically' itself is neither positive nor negative.
I use it for enduring something negative, such as pain. I wouldn't say, 'He stoically put up with the joy…' In the context of something pleasant I would prefer dispassionate/inscrutable/unemotional, and so on.
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Interesting, I see stoicism as slightly positive, in the sense that a stoic attempts, and succeeds, in getting through things without bathing in the pain.
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<<<I wouldn't say, 'He stoically put up with the joy…>>>
Nobody would say that sentence. That is not the point. Some people remain stoic in many different emotional and physical states.
Nobody would say that sentence. That is not the point. Some people remain stoic in many different emotional and physical states.
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