adjective. Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others.

adjective. Selfishly or callously calculating.

adjective. Negative or pessimistic, as from world-weariness.

adjective. Expressing jaded or scornful skepticism or negativity.

Same as cynic, 3.

Having or showing a disposition to disbelieve in or doubt the sincerity or value of social usages or of personal character, motives, or doings, and to express or intimate the disbelief or doubt by sarcasm, satire, sneers, or other in-direction; captious; carping; sarcastic; satirical: as, a cynical remark; a cynical smile.

Synonyms Pessimistic, etc. (see misanthropic), morose, sarcastic, satirical, carping, censorious, snappish, waspish.

adjective. of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.

adjective. skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.

adjective. bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.

adjective. showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.

adjective. like the actions of a snarling dog.

adjective. believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

"His argument is clear: any politician who charms and inspires the voters, who talks in generalities and abstractions, is engaging in what he calls the cynical politics of celebrity marketing, turning himself to into a product."

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