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Word: cynic (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or related to the Cynics.

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Noun:

  • A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
  • A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

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Proper noun:

  • A member of a sect of ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.

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