Cynic is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CYNIC in dictionary:

NOUN:
• someone who takes a pessimistic view of human motives and actions
• a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons
• a person who questions whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile
• a member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers founded by Antisthenes, marked by an ostentatious contempt for ease and pleasure. The movement flourished in the 3rd century BC and revived in the 1st century AD.
• person who believes that people always act selfishly
• 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.
• One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy.
• 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
ADJECTIVE:
• Alt. of Cynical
• of or relating to Sirius, the Dog Star
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a cynical person

Words related to CYNIC

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Words that contain CYNIC

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How to use CYNIC in a sentence

• An Epicurean without his female companion, unless by his own choice, is no more an Epicurean than a Cynic is a Cynic without his rags and his impudence.
• They are most prominently illustrated in the long and important chapter on the Cynic philosophy.
• The old cynic was found floating, scarred belly upwards, on the surface of the water.
• Still it may be questioned whether, after all that he has seen and done, he is the absolute and all-round cynic that he would seem to be.
• Old as he was, and prone to cynic indifference as he had shown himself, he was affected almost like a young girl.
• I believe Mary came something more a cynic out of the school of Mr.
• Were I a cynic, I should say he owned at least half of the physical world into the bargain! But Satan is only a spirit, and his power over men is but as the power of a dream.
• His was but a narrow, cynic wit, not edged like the knife, which wellnigh cut his throat, but blunt and scratching like a worn-toothed saw.
• Then, lending their guidance to the blinded Cynic, who uttered not a word, and even stifled his groans in his own most wretched heart, they began to descend the mountain.
• I believe that even so hardy a cynic as Semyonov would support me in this.
• An angry Providence, the cynic might well observe, has abandoned a hapless planet to its fate, and fixed irrevocably its doom.
• That is, I trust I am no cynic like that fellow Diogenes who set the fashion centuries ago of turning up the nose at everything.
• The character best fitted for the post would be such an one as Gallio, the tranquil cynic of Antioch.
• A sentimental cynic, a sceptical believer, he was restless and melancholy at heart.
• The Cynic Ideal was the minimum of wants, and their self-denial was compensated by exemption from fear, and by pride of superiority.
• Strength of will was required for this course no less than for the Cynic life.
• The passionate believer had again become the passionate cynic.
• As he had set out neither as an enthusiast nor a cynic, he brought back neither a disdain for foreigners nor a contempt for his own country.
• Thackeray might lose sadly in the years to come could it be demonstrated that, as some would have it, he deserved the title of cynic.
• It need not, therefore, sit a cynic recluse on the Western sea.
• Let not the cynic accuse me of partiality when I mention the names of William Valentine, of Decaisne, and C.
• Nothing is so discouraging and heart-breaking to young people as the sneer of an intellectual cynic.
• Looking steadfastly towards him, she struck her dark broad fists upon her hips, and, in a loud and contemptuous laugh, abruptly startled the cynic from his studies.
• Is this an evidence of a cynic humor in the blood, or is it a manifestation of childish optimism? Let us frankly answer that it may be one or the other or both.

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