Cynic or Cynicism may refer to:

Modes of thought

Cynicism (philosophy) Cynicism ( grc, κυνισμός) is a school of thought of ancient Greek philosophy as practiced by the Cynics ( grc, Κυνικοί; la, Cynici). For the Cynics, the purpose of life is to live in virtue, in agreement with nature. As reasonin ...

, a school of ancient Greek philosophy *

Cynicism (contemporary) Cynicism is an attitude characterized by a general distrust of the motives of "others". A cynic may have a general lack of faith or hope in people motivated by ambition, desire, greed, gratification, materialism, goals, and opinions that a cynic ...

, modern use of the word for distrust of others' motives

Books

* ''The Cynic'',

James Gordon Stuart Grant James Gordon Stuart Grant ( 1834 – 27 February 1902) was a New Zealand demagogue, journalist and eccentric. He was born in Glenlivet, Banffshire, Scotland in circa 1834. He unsuccessfully stood in the 1859 Town of Dunedin by-election again ...

1875 * '' The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell''

Music

Cynic (band) Cynic is an American progressive metal band formed in Miami, Florida in 1987 and later re-formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007, where the sole surviving member, Paul Masvidal remains to this day. Cynic incorporates elements of progressive ...

, a progressive rock/technical death metal band from Miami, Florida *

The Cynics The Cynics are an American garage rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band, at the time consisting of guitarist Gregg Kostelich, drummer Bill Von Hagen, vocalist Michael Kastelic who joined in 1985, bass player Steve Magee, and keyboa ...

, a rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *

Armchair Cynics 604 Records (stylized as VIOIV Records) is a music production company. It is named after area code 604 of the Lower Mainland, where the company's offices are located. History The company was co-founded by Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger and ...

, a Canadian rock band *

Cynic Guru Cynic Guru is a progressive rock band fronted by classically trained violinist Roland Hartwell. Band history Early Years: 1991-1996 ---- Cynic Guru started in Los Angeles as 3-piece known as "Where Is My Hair". This featured Roland Hartwell (gu ...

, a progressive rock band * The Cynic Project, a trance music project

Albums

* ''The Cynic'' (Zoe Rahman album) * ''The Cynic'', album by

Monte Cazazza Monte Cazazza is an American artist and composer best known for his seminal role in helping shape industrial music through recordings with the London-based Industrial Records in the mid-1970s. Career Cazazza, based primarily in San Francisco du ...

Songs

* "The Cynic", single by Kashmir featuring David Bowie, from their album ''

No Balance Palace '' No Balance Palace '' is the fifth album by the Danish band Kashmir. It was released on 10 October 2005. The album features a duet between Kasper Eistrup and David Bowie on "The Cynic", and Lou Reed on "Black Building", and was produced by Tony ...

Other

Cynic epistles The Cynic epistles are a collection of letters expounding the principles and practices of Cynic philosophy mostly written in the time of the Roman empire but purporting to have been written by much earlier philosophers. Letters and dating The two ...

, an assorted collection of Roman era letters concerning Cynic philosophy * Cynical realism, a contemporary movement in Chinese art * ''Cynics'' (film), a 1991 Soviet film * ''

The Vermont Cynic ''The Vermont Cynic'' is the award-winning, editorially-independent student newspaper of the University of Vermont (UVM). ''The Cynic'' has been published since 1883 (as ''The University Cynic''). Up until 1985, ''The Cynic'' was published using ...

'', a student newspaper of the University of Vermont {{disambiguation