Cynic

Language: English
Pronunciation: cyn-ic
Part of Speech: noun

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A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.

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A member of a <xref>sect</xref> of <xref>ancient Greek</xref> <xref>philosophers</xref> who believed <xref>virtue</xref> to be the only <xref>good</xref> and <xref>self-control</xref> to be the only <xref>means</xref> of achieving virtue.

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"someone who is critical of the motives of others"

"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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