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Definitions of cynic
  1. noun
    someone who is critical of the motives of others

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  2. noun
    a 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-control
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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
  • 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
  • parkinson's law C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion
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