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a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons a cynic who believes that nobody does a good deed without expecting something in return Synonyms of cynic misanthrope, naysayer, pessimist Words Related to cynic misandrist, misogynist; doubter, negativist, skeptic; belittler, critic, derider, detractor, scoffer; malcontent; defeatist, quitter Near Antonyms of cynic optimist, Pollyanna, positivist; idealist, sentimentalist
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How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
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