Kyniker — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cynic noun A person who habitually expects the worst of people and doubts their sincerity or motives.
Senses
Kyniker 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.
cynic — full definition
- noun A person who habitually expects the worst of people and doubts their sincerity or motives.
- name A member of an ancient Greek school of philosophy that valued virtue and self-control above material comfort.