Complete Definition of "Cynical"

see|cynical
English

Etymology
From Cynic + -al.

Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. 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
R:American Heritage 2000|Cynical

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