Associations to the word «Cynic»

CYNIC, adjective. Cynical (in all senses)

CYNIC, adjective. (not comparable) Relating to the Dog Star.

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

CYNIC, noun. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.

CYNIC, proper noun. 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.

CYNIC, adjective. Of or relating to the Cynics.

CYNIC, noun. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.

CYNIC, noun. 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.