cynic
IPA: sˈɪnɪk
noun
- 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.
adjective
- cynical (in all senses)
- (not comparable) Relating to the Dog Star.
- Of or relating to the Cynics.
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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.
- The point is the behaviour was cynical and unacceptable.