The Clue
Self-controlled one (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STOIC
Tags
Notes
The answer STOIC is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
Related Clues
Impassive
Impassive one
Indifferent
Phlegmatic
Uncomplaining
Unemotive
Unexcitable
Unflappable
Unresponding
Zeno, for one
Austere person
Far from demonstrative
Follower of Zeno
Immovable type
Like Zeno
Seneca was one
Silent sufferer
Tough guy
Zeno follower
Zeno, notably
Zeno was one
One of Zeno's followers
Bite-the-bullet type
Calm during calamities
Hardly the screaming type
Indifferent to pleasure or pain
Not moved much
Giving nothing away, in a way
Having a stiff upper lip
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Definition
STOIC as a noun:
1. a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
2. (stoic, unemotional person) = someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
STOIC as an adjective:
1. (stoic, stoical) = seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
2. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers