Cynical
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See also: cynical
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Cynical (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Cynics, 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.
References
[edit]- “Cynical”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- "cynical" Concise Oxford Dictionary Tenth Edition