| Main Entry: |
cynic |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
nonbeliever |
Synonyms: |
carper, caviler, detractor, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, egoist, egotist, flouter, misanthrope, misanthropist, misogamist,
misogynist, mocker,
pessimist, questioner, satirist, scoffer,
skeptic, sneerer, unbeliever
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| Notes: |
cynics doubt because they question motives (Cynic was first a school of philosophy expressing contempt for wealth and pleasure; the word cynic comes from Greek cyniko 'doglike'); skeptics doubt reports of what they hear or read |
Antonyms: |
believer, optimist
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