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• n  someone who is critical of the motives of others
• n  a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

• A cynic's view of the market is sobering; the market is bullish if you are invested and a bubble if you are not.
• A newspaper editorial opined that one need not be a cynic to regard the Peace Prize with some skepticism.
• Observing that the tourists and the airlines were at each others throat, the cynic pronounced that this was only natural, as what was good for the airlines was bad for the tourists.

• faultfinder
• Cynic

News & Articles

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• Patents Vs Innovation - the Tabarrok Curve
  New submitter Optimal Cynic writes "Slashdot likes to argue about intellectual property and patents, and it's clear that both extremes are undesirable. Dr Alex Tabarrok has tackled the question — what is the right level of patent protection? His answer is the Tabarrok Curve, which applies the Laffer Curve methodology to innovation." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  June 25, 2013 - Slashdot

Quotes

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• Sarah Palin in ABC News
  I think you are a cynic,Palin said, "because show me where I've said there's absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect or no effect on climate change. I have not said that. I have said that my...
• Patrick Head in International Herald Tribune
  I have to say I probably would be put down as an old cynic or whatever, but all this stuff is a bit the product of our marketing and media department,said Head when asked about the team's three decades in Formula One.
• Victor Hugo in Times of India
  OSLO: "The history of men is reflected in the history of sewers," French 19th century author Victor Hugo wrote in Les Miserables. "The sewer is the conscience of the city. A sewer is a cynic. It tells everything."