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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
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Cynic
How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
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“Cynic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cynic. Accessed 24 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of cynic was in 1542
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