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adjective

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noun

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  1. cynical
  2. cynic
  3. realist
Adjective
  • Mufasa: The Lion King, from the Moonlight director, doesn’t transcend its cynical origins as a Disney product.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Later, Hattie hugs a more cynical Turner, which enables him to forge a fraternal bond with Elwood, their friendship a turning point.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of cynical
Noun
  • Into this void emerge the cynics and the snake-oil merchants, the dreamers, the circumventers, the guileful peddlers of One Weird Tricks.
    Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Some cynics are bound to exhort that this isn’t worth much of a hullabaloo.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of cynic
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  • That being the case, curiosity and anticipation levels are sky high for 100 Years of Solitude, the series adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s magical realist masterpiece, which filmed in Colombia.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
  • This week’s picks include a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of a car crash in Jerusalem, a magical realist novel about an apartment terrace, a biography of Cleopatra’s daughter and more.
    Shreya Chattopadhyay, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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