noun.
cyn·ic or ˈsi-nik. :
a faultfinding captious critic. especially : one who believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest.
Who reject any conventional notions of happiness involving money, power, and fame, to lead entirely virtuous, and thus happy, lives. The ancient Cynics rejected conventional social values, and would criticise the types of behaviours, such as greed, which they viewed as causing suffering.
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