Cynic vs Egoist - What's the difference?
cynic | egoist |
cynical (in all senses)
(not comparable) Relating to the Dog Star.
A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
As nouns the difference between cynic and egoist
is that cynic is a person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness while egoist is an advocate of egoism.As an adjective cynic
is cynical (in all senses.As a proper noun Cynic
is a member of a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.cynic
English
(wikipedia cynic)Alternative forms
* cynick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- the cynic''', or Sothic, year; '''cynic cycle