犬儒學派 — meaning in English

English meaning

• cynic noun A person who habitually expects the worst of people and doubts their sincerity or motives.
• cynicism noun A general distrust of people's sincerity, or the belief that self-interest drives most human behaviour.

Senses

犬儒學派 is used for these senses in English:

• Cynic 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.
• cynicism (countable) A scornfully pessimistic comment or act.

cynic — full definition

1. noun A person who habitually expects the worst of people and doubts their sincerity or motives.
2. name A member of an ancient Greek school of philosophy that valued virtue and self-control above material comfort.