Associations to the word «Cynic»
Noun
- Crate
- Sneer
- Philosopher
- Atheist
- Socrates
- Lucian
- Malone
- Thebes
- Maximus
- Epistle
- Blindness
- Tub
- Sean
- Plato
- Quid
- Skepticism
- Bce
- Guru
- Athens
- Anecdote
- Spectacle
- Aristotle
- Satire
- Philosophy
- Disciple
- Sect
- Progressive
- Splendor
- Afterlife
- Knot
- Messiah
- Believer
- Contempt
- Bassist
- Alexandria
- Wisdom
- Demo
- Wit
- Healer
- Bc
- Mankind
- Nero
- Bury
- Preaching
- Calendar
- Virtue
- Vermont
- Romantic
- Preacher
- Reverence
- Happiness
- Prophet
- Rat
- Chapman
- Guitarist
- Creed
- Rhodes
- Fist
- Superiority
- Ideal
- Metal
- Dialogue
- Greek
- Critic
- Humor
- Cyprus
- Dog
- Fusion
- Evil
- Sage
- Portal
- Shame
- Jupiter
Adjective
Wiktionary
CYNIC, adjective. Cynical (in all senses)
CYNIC, adjective. (not comparable) Relating to the Dog Star.
CYNIC, noun. A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
CYNIC, noun. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
CYNIC, proper noun. 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, adjective. Of or relating to the Cynics.
Dictionary definition
CYNIC, noun. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
CYNIC, noun. A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.