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Kynikerin — 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

Kynikerin 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

  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.

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