Meaning Of The Word Cynic

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cynic
countable noun: A cynic is someone who believes that people always act selfishly.

cynic in American English
a member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers who held virtue to be the only good and stressed independence from worldly needs and pleasures: they became critical of the rest of society and its material interests
of or like the Cynics or their doctrines
adjective: cynical
noun: a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view

cynic in British English
adjective
noun: a member of a sect founded by Antisthenes that scorned worldly things and held that self-control was the key to the only good
noun: a person who believes the worst about people or the outcome of events

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