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Cynic

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Noun

a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.
( initial capital letter ) one of a sect of Greek philosophers, 4th century b.c., who advocated the doctrines that virtue is the only good, that the essence of virtue is self-control, and that surrender to any external influence is beneath human dignity.
a person who shows or expresses a bitterly or sneeringly cynical attitude.

Adjective

cynical.
( initial capital letter ) Also, Cynical. of or pertaining to the Cynics or their doctrines.
Medicine/Medical Now Rare . resembling the actions of a snarling dog.

Antonyms

noun
believer , optimist

Synonyms

noun
carper , caviler , detractor , disbeliever , doubter , doubting thomas * , egoist , egotist , flouter , misanthrope , misanthropist , misogamist , misogynist , mocker , pessimist , questioner , satirist , scoffer , skeptic , sneerer , unbelievernotes:cynics doubt because they question motives (cynic was first a school of philosophy expressing contempt for wealth and pleasure; the word cynic comes from greek cyniko \'doglike\'); skeptics doubt reports of what they hear or read , unbeliever
adjective
ironic , ironical , sardonic , wry

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