cynic

IPA: sˈɪnɪk

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

Examples of "cynic" in Sentences

The woman speaks with cynicism.
The move is obvious and cynical.
The tone is cynical and political.
Cynics dismiss the term as an oxymoron.
The genre is often the target of cynicism.
I love the enthusiasm and lack of cynicism.
He is perhaps the most cynical of the group.
He is a cynical and misanthropic philosopher.
He is portrayed as a cynical, eccentric hedonist.
A cynic is someone who refuses to trust and believe;
The point is the behaviour was cynical and unacceptable.
“A cynic is a man who knows the cost of everything, but the value of nothing.”
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
A cynic is someone who once trusted and believe and was hurt, betrayed and traumatized.
The root of the word "cynic" is the same as the Greek word for "dog," and some scholars say the Cynics got their name because they barked at society.
Still, you're always willing to give something new a try (cause the true cynic is cynical about cynicism, baby, ya dig?), so you set up that new FaceBook page.
He and his scruffy band of followers held that life should be conducted in accordance with nature to the point of performing bodily functions in public like dogs hence the term cynic, from the Greek word for dog.