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单词 cynical
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cynicaladj.

/ˈsɪnɪkəl/
Etymology: formed as cynic adj. + -al suffix1.
1. Resembling the Cynic philosophers in contempt of pleasure, churlishness, or disposition to find fault; characteristic of a cynic; surly, currish, misanthropic, captious; now esp. disposed to disbelieve in human sincerity or goodness; sneering.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adjective] > cynical
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > sneeringly
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1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D2v Canst thou not loue? Commeth this cynicall passion of prone desires, or peeuish frowardnesse.
1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 43 They seeke..To be accounted sharpe and Cynicall.
1670 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 225 In lodging, diet, apparel, cynical below the calling of a Gospel minister.
1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. III. 16 Our cynical Hobbes had no respect for his species.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God iii. 65 A cynical journalism which sneered at every belief.
2. Belonging to the sect of Cynic philosophers; = cynic adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of the Cynics
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1675 T. Otway Alcibiades iv. i. 33 Let the Cynical fool call pleasure a toy.
3. With etymological allusion: Relating to a dog; dog-like.
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1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Cynicall, doggish.
1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xv. 27 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Besides this Cinicall, ther is a kind of Wolvish humor hath seizd upon most of this peeple.
1869 Sir G. Bowyer in Times Sept. Writing..in ‘ecclesiastical Latin’ (to which a more cynical name might be given).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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