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Another word for cynic

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Noun

  1. A person who expects only the worst from people

    See also:

    attitude

Adjective

  1. Marked by or displaying contemptuous mockery of the motives or virtues of others

    See also:

    respect

    attitude

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Another word for cynic

Noun
  1. See also:

    critic

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • 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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