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Another word for cynic

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cynic

n.

misanthrope, misogynist, misogamist, mocker, satirist, scoffer, pessimist, sarcastic person, caviler, sneerer, flouter, carper, critic, unbeliever, egoist, manhater, skeptic, doubter, questioner, detractor, negativist, nihilist, doubting Thomas*; see also critic 1.

Antonyms optimist, believer*, idealist.

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Another word for cynic

noun

A person who expects only the worst from people:

misanthrope, misanthropist. See attitude

adjective

Marked by or displaying contemptuous mockery of the motives or virtues of others:

cynical, ironic, ironical, sardonic, wry. See attitude, respect

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He was incredulous as a Missouri cynic but interested.
Eubulides wrote a treatise on Diogenes the Cynic and also a number of comedies.
Epictetus, however, would have the sage hold aloof from domestic cares, another Cynic trait.
Finally it is necessary to point out two flaws in the Cynic philosophy.
ANTISTHENES (c. 444-365 B.C.), the founder of the Cynic school of philosophy, was born at Athens of a Thracian mother, a fact which may account for the extreme boldness of his attack on conventional thought.

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