1) Altruism doubter 2) Ambrose Bierce, notably 3) Antisthenes, notably 4) Believer in disbelief 5) Believer in the worst 6) Bierce, notably 7) Critic of the selfless 8) Diogenes, notably 9) Disagreeable person 10) Disbeliever 11) Disbeliever in selfless acts 12) Distrustful person 13) Distrustful sort
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1) Critic 2) Depreciator 3) Detractor 4) Disparager 5) Faultfinder 6) Naysayer 7) Nonbeliever 8) Sceptic
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• (n.) One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others. • (n.) ...
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to well into Christian times and was distinguished more for its unconventional way of life than for any system of thought. Antisthenes, a disciple ... [8 related articles]
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Member of a school of Greek philosophy (cynicism), founded in Athens about 400 BC by Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates, who advocated a stern and simple morality and a complete disregard of...
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Doglike, denoting a spasm of the muscles of the face as in risus caninus. ... Origin: G. Kynikos, doglike ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Cyn'ic (sĭn'ĭk),
Cyn'ic*al (-ĭ*k
a l)
adjective [ Latin
cynicus of the sect of Cynics, from Greek
kyniko`s , prop., dog- like, from
ky`wn ,
kyno`s , dog. See
Hound .]
1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarl...
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Cyn'ic noun (Gr. Philos) 1. One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popul...
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[
n] - someone who is critical of the motives of others
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cynic 1. A person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness. 2. A person whose outlook is scornfully and often habitually negative. A Cynic was an ancient Greek philosopher or a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who believed that virtue is the only good and that the only means of achieving it was through self-control. The...
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Cynic, Cynics A member of a sect of ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue. The Greek word kunikos, from which 'cynic' comes, was originally an adjective meaning 'doglike', from kuōn, 'dog'. The word was probably applied to the Cynic philosophers because of...
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faultfinder noun someone who is critical of the motives of others
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Member of a school of Greek philosophy (cynicism), founded in Athens about 400 BC by Antisthenes, a disciple of Socrates, who advocated a stern and simple morality and a complete disregard of pleasure and comfort. His followers, led by Diogenes, not only showed a contemptuous disregard for pleasure, but despised all human affection as a source of w...
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a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view. · (cap.) one of a sect of Greek philosophers, 4th century b.c., who advocated the doctrines that virtue is the only good, that the essence of virtue is self-control, and that surrender to any...
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