"Despondency" nicely encapsulates pessimist - Crossword Clue

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5 letter answer(s) to "despondency" nicely encapsulates pessimist

CYNIC

1.a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons. 'some cynics thought that the controversy was all a publicity stunt' 2.a member of a school of ancient Greek ph
a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control
someone who is critical of the motives of others

Other crossword clues with similar answers to '"Despondency" nicely encapsulates pessimist'

A bit of diplomacy? Nice, but I doubt your motives
Ambrose Bierce, notably
Army boss, seizing US city, turning pessimistic
Critic of the selfless
Diogenes, for one
Diogenes, notably
Doubting Thomas
For whom fancy nicety is too much?
From fancy niche one takes a jaundiced view
Greek philosopher
Jaded figure
Jaded sort
Military leader around US city backing sceptical commentator
Motive questioner
Negative sort of person

Old ascetic service boss jails city revolutionary
One critical of the motives of others
One dismissive of human motives
One doubting value of pricy nick-nacks
One who believes the worst of people
One who questions the worth of anything
One who scoffs as fashionable fancy man finally takes husband's place
One with a negative outlo
Person viewing humans pessimistically
Sarcastic sort
Sceptic
Sceptic clearly heartless and not quite nice
Sceptic close to army blocks top officer's rise
Some fancy nice person holding sceptical views
Sour sort

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