"cynic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪnɪk/ Audio: En-us-cynic.ogg Forms: more cynic [comparative], most cynic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnɪk Etymology: From Middle English cynike, cynicke, from Middle French cynique, from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós), originally derived from the portico in Athens called Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges), the earliest home of the Cynic school, later reinterpreted as being derived from κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in a contemptuous allusion to the uncouth and aggressive manners adopted by the members of the school. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|cynike}} Middle English cynike, {{der|en|frm|cynique}} Middle French cynique, {{der|en|la|cynicus}} Latin cynicus, {{der|en|grc|κυνικός}} Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós) Head templates: {{en-adj}} cynic (comparative more cynic, superlative most cynic)
  1. cynical (in all senses) Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-cynic-en-adj-s3uvycHv Disambiguation of Personality: 51 41 1 7
  2. (not comparable) Relating to the Dog Star. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): People Translations (A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness): cinik [masculine] (Albanian), 愤青 (fènqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), cynik [masculine] (Czech), kyniker [common-gender] (Danish), cynicus [masculine] (Dutch), kyynikko (Finnish), cynique [feminine, masculine] (French), cínico [masculine] (Galician), cínica [feminine] (Galician), Zyniker [masculine] (German), Zynikerin [feminine] (German), κυνικός (kynikós) [masculine] (Greek), ציניקן (tziniqan) [masculine] (Hebrew), ציניקנית (tziniqanit) [feminine] (Hebrew), दोषदर्शी (doṣdarśī) (Hindi), cinico [masculine] (Italian), kyniker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kynikar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بدگمان (bad-gomân) (Persian), cynik [masculine] (Polish), cyniczka [feminine] (Polish), cínico [masculine] (Portuguese), ци́ник (cínik) [masculine] (Russian), cìnik [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cínico (Spanish), cyniker [common-gender] (Swedish), ци́нік (cýnik) [masculine] (Ukrainian) Translations (A person whose outlook is scornfully negative): cinik [masculine] (Albanian), cynik [masculine] (Czech), kyniker [common-gender] (Danish), cynicus [masculine] (Dutch), kyynikko (Finnish), cynique [feminine, masculine] (French), cínico [masculine] (Galician), cínica [feminine] (Galician), Zyniker [masculine] (German), Zynikerin [feminine] (German), κυνικός (kynikós) [masculine] (Greek), cinico [masculine] (Italian), kaiwhakahāwea (Maori), kyniker [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kynikar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cynik [masculine] (Polish), cyniczka [feminine] (Polish), cínico [masculine] (Portuguese), cínica [feminine] (Portuguese), ци́ник (cínik) [masculine] (Russian), cìnik [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cínico (Spanish), cyniker [common-gender] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cynick [obsolete] Related terms: cynical, cynicism

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪnɪk/ Audio: En-us-cynic.ogg Forms: cynics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪnɪk Etymology: From Middle English cynike, cynicke, from Middle French cynique, from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós), originally derived from the portico in Athens called Κυνόσαργες (Kunósarges), the earliest home of the Cynic school, later reinterpreted as being derived from κύων (kúōn, “dog”), in a contemptuous allusion to the uncouth and aggressive manners adopted by the members of the school. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|cynike}} Middle English cynike, {{der|en|frm|cynique}} Middle French cynique, {{der|en|la|cynicus}} Latin cynicus, {{der|en|grc|κυνικός}} Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cynic (plural cynics)
  1. A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
    Sense id: en-cynic-en-noun-woTQqA7Z
  2. A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
    Sense id: en-cynic-en-noun-xNNyX1IF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cynick [obsolete]

Adjective [Middle French]

Forms: cynicque [feminine, singular], cynics [masculine, plural], cynicques [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{head|frm|adjective||cynics|feminine singular|cynicque|masculine plural|cynics||{{{mp2}}}|feminine plural|cynicques|f1accel-form=p|f2accel-form=f|s|f3accel-form=m|p|f5accel-form=f|p|g=m|g2=|head=}} cynic m (feminine singular cynicque, masculine plural cynics, feminine plural cynicques), {{frm-adj|cynicque|cynics|cynicques}} cynic m (feminine singular cynicque, masculine plural cynics, feminine plural cynicques)
  1. cynical Tags: masculine Synonyms: cynicque [feminine, masculine]
    Sense id: en-cynic-frm-adj-oHp2o1fP Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kyniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynicus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "word": "kyynikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cínico"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cínica"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zyniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zynikerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kynikós",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κυνικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tziniqan",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ציניקן"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tziniqanit",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ציניקנית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "doṣdarśī",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "word": "दोषदर्शी"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cinico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kyniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kynikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bad-gomân",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "word": "بدگمان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cyniczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cínico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cínik",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́ник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cìnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "word": "cínico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "cyniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cýnik",
      "sense": "A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́нік"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cinik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kyniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynicus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "word": "kyynikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cínico"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cínica"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zyniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zynikerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kynikós",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κυνικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cinico"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "word": "kaiwhakahāwea"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kyniker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kynikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cyniczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cínico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cínica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cínik",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́ник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cìnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "word": "cínico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A person whose outlook is scornfully negative",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "cyniker"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cynic"
  ],
  "word": "cynic"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cynicque",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cynics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cynicques",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "10": "{{{mp2}}}",
        "11": "feminine plural",
        "12": "cynicques",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cynics",
        "5": "feminine singular",
        "6": "cynicque",
        "7": "masculine plural",
        "8": "cynics",
        "9": "",
        "f1accel-form": "p",
        "f2accel-form": "f|s",
        "f3accel-form": "m|p",
        "f5accel-form": "f|p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cynic m (feminine singular cynicque, masculine plural cynics, feminine plural cynicques)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cynicque",
        "2": "cynics",
        "3": "cynicques"
      },
      "expansion": "cynic m (feminine singular cynicque, masculine plural cynics, feminine plural cynicques)",
      "name": "frm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle French",
  "lang_code": "frm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle French adjectives",
        "Middle French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle French lemmas",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cynical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cynical",
          "cynical"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cynicque"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cynic"
}

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