Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cynic
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(cynics) A cynic is someone who believes that people always act selfishly. I have come to be very much of a cynic in these matters. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin, Middle French cynique, from Latin ~us, from Greek kynikos, literally, like a dog, from kyn-, kyon dog — more at hound Date: 1542 1. capitalized an adherent of an ancient Greek school of philosophers who held the view that virtue is the only good and that its essence lies in self-control and independence 2. a faultfinding captious critic; especially one who believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest • ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a person who has little faith in human sincerity and goodness. 2 (Cynic) one of a school of ancient Greek philosophers founded by Antisthenes, marked by ostentatious contempt for ease and pleasure. --adj. 1 (Cynic) of the Cynics. 2 = CYNICAL. Derivatives cynicism n. Etymology: L cynicus f. Gk kunikos f. kuon kunos dog, nickname for a Cynic ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. циник 2. (C.) ист. киник, представитель философской школы киников 3. циничный, бесстыдный 4. (C.) ист. кинический, относящийся к философской школе киников ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1550s, from Gk. kynikos, lit. "dog-like," from kyon (gen. kynos) "dog." Supposedly from the sneering sarcasm of the philosophers, but more likely from Kynosarge "Grey Dog," name of the gymnasium in ancient Athens where the founder, Antisthenes (a pupil of Socrates), taught. Diogenes was the most famous. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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