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  • Beckyundefined Offline
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    Not having any illusions about human nature.

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      Your required outlook in order to post on Urban Dictionary.

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        1. To be critical or faultfinding for self-amusement.
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          does not trust human nature

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            The only way to be.

            Look at how fuckin shitty everyone and everything is.

            HOW could anyone NOT be cynical?

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              A seemingly appealing and useful way of thinking, the positive aspects of cynicism only overshadow the truth that cynics rarely get anything out of life with they way they think (despite believing quite the opposite). Normally accepting humanity as inherently evil, they define good and bad under broad, usually universal terms that immediately apply to everybody, no matter how generous, saintly, or selfless they are. Aestheticism, to a cynic, is not only a childish following, but one which all humans subconsciously live by. Assuming this, they are among a superior group of intellectuals who have outfoxed their fellow man. While it is a mark of maturity to be wary of certain people and situations, to think of the entire world as double-crossing greed mongering sinners whose every good deed has an ulterior motive is usually an adolescent stage of thinking that tends to get replaced as the person sees more of their world.

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                The adjective for an individual who attributes all actions to selfish motives. Becoming cynical comes from someone just not giving a damn about the rest of the human race and is recommended for all Americans.

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                  1. An adjective describing a person with sarcastic, witty, quirky, pessimistic who rejects all conventions, whether of religion, manners, housing, dress, or decency, advocating the pursuit of virtue in a simple and unmaterialistic lifestyle.

                  2. An individual in Urban Dictionary who likes to stir the turd and add sarcastic, funny, and/or assholey defenitions.

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                    One who knows the truth about human nature and motives. May be labeled as [distrustful] or [paranoid] by [naive] people.
                    Someone who is [butthurt] doesnt qualify as cynical. Neither does someone who is [jaded].

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                      A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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                        Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious;
                        currish.

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                          someone who always expects the worst and most [selfish] motives out of everyone [and everything]. Otherwise known as [experienced].

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                            Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

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