Cynic

  1. 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.
  2. Adjective.  Of or relating to the Cynics.
  3. Adjective.  Churlish or satirical.
  4. Noun.  A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
  5. Noun.  A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

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