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7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
originOriginated 1542, from Classical Latin cynicus (“Cynic/cynic”, adjective) + -al. By surface analysis, cynic + -al. In reference to dogs, with allusion to the ultimate etymology (Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós, “doglike”)).
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