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cynical/ˈsɪnɪkl/
▶adjective
- 1 believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest.
■ sceptical.
■ contemptuous; mocking.
- 2 (of behaviour or actions) proceeding from a concern only with one's own interests, regardless of accepted standards: a cynical foul.
– derivatives
cynically adverb.
cynically adverb.
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