cynic

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cynicscynick

1.
A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
"Accept your limitations," I'd warn her. "A lot of these kids are damaged beyond repair." And you know what her response was? That I was cynical. Which hit a nerve, I had to admit. I wasn't a cynic; I was a banged-up realist. You live to middle age, you begin to reckon with life's limits, you know? You lace up your sneakers and run it out.
2.
A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more cynicmost cynic

Superlative

cynick

1.
cynical (in all senses)
2.
(not comparable)Relating to the Dog Star.
the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle

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cynical cynicism

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From Middle English cynike, cynicke, from Middle French cynique, from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός, originally derived from the portico in Athens called Κυνόσαργες, the earliest home of the Cynic school, later reinterpreted as being derived from κύων (dog), in a contemptuous allusion to the uncouth and aggressive manners adopted by the members of the school.