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adjectivebelieving the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
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Definition that contains cynical
- 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
- 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