Cynic or Cynicism may refer to:

Modes of thought

* Cynicism (philosophy), 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 cyn ...

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

Books

* ''The Cynic'', James Gordon Stuart Grant 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, 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''

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 tw ...

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