Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cynic
Cynic
cynic
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
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noun see: hound Date: 1542 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, a faultfinding captious critic, ~ adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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