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nounsomeone who is critical of the motives of others
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nouna member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-controltype of:
Definition that contains cynic
- bitter marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- cynicism a cynical feeling of distrust
- marlowe tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
- cynically with cynicism; in a cynical manner
- diogenes an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
- acrimonious marked by strong resentment or cynicism
- parkinson's law C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion
- philip marlowe tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler
- film noir a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters
- parkinson's law C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done