Cynic vs Realism - What's the difference?
cynic | realism |
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.
A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary
An artistic representation of reality as it is
(sciences) The viewpoint that an external reality exists independent of observation
(philosophy) A doctrine that universals are real—they exist and are distinct from the particulars that instantiate them
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.As an adjective cynic
is of or relating to the cynics.As a noun realism is
a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.cynic
English
(wikipedia cynic)Alternative forms
* cynick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- the cynic''', or Sothic, year; '''cynic cycle
