Cynic
- 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.
- Adjective. Of or relating to the Cynics.
- Adjective. Churlish or satirical.
- Noun. A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
- Noun. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
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