Australian English Meaning of cynics

cynics

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Definitions and Meaning of cynics in English

cynics

a person who distrusts people, one who believes that people act only in self-interest, an adherent of an ancient Greek school of philosophers who held the view that virtue is the only good and that its essence lies in self-control and independence, a faultfinding captious critic, one who believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest

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cynics

a person who distrusts people, one who believes that people act only in self-interest, an adherent of an ancient Greek school of philosophers who held the view

critics,pessimists,detractors,defeatists,malcontents

optimists,Pollyannas

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