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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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Recent Examples of cynics
Until then, the industry must live with cynics carping from the sidelines.
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Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Did the Megalopolis cynics show up last night?
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Did the Megalopolis cynics show up last night?
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Cynics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cynics. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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