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1. Cynics

   a sect of Greek philosophers, disciples of Antisthenes, who was a disciple of Socrates, but carried away with him only part of Socrates' teaching and enforced that as if it were the whole, dropped all regard for humanity and the universal reason, and taught that "virtue lay wholly in the avoidance of evil, and those desires and greeds that bind us to enjoyments," so that his disciples were called the "Capuchins of the Old World." These in time went further than their master, and conceived a contempt for everything that was not self-derived; they derived their name from the gymnasium in Athens, where their master taught.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cynics in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Cynics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Cynics in a Sentence

1. Barack Obama:

   We know that human activity is changing the climate, we know that human ingenuity can do something about it. We're even starting to see that we might actually have the political will to succeed. So the time to heed the critics and cynics is past. The time to plead ignorance is surely past. The deniers are increasingly alone, on their own shrinking island.

2. Jessica Adams:

   The burden of proof is not on Astrology to prove that it does work. The burden of proof is on skeptics and cynics to give us evidence that would dissuade the millions of people who believe in it to go the other way.

3. President Barack Obama:

   I hope we can work together this year on some bipartisan priorities like criminal justice reform and helping people who are battling prescription drug abuse and heroin abuse. So who knows? We might surprise the cynics again.

4. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   Modern cynics and skeptics ... see no harm in paying those to whom they entrust the minds of their children a smaller wage than is paid to those to whom they entrust the care of their plumbing.

5. Don Beyer:

   I dont think its actually true, there are cynics who say this is about the next election. But I think its much more about values. We would move from a progressive, very strong attorney general to someone whos not just a Republican, but whos on the arch-conservative end of it. So the way our laws wouldbe administered in Virginia would be completely different. This isnt about party politics as much as it is about the kind of Virignia that we want.

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