[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.Synonyms: misanthrope , pessimist , skeptic", "(initial capital letter)one of a sect of Greek philosophers, 4th century b.c., who advocated the doctrines that virtue is the only good, that the essence of virtue is self-control, and that surrender to any external influence is beneath human dignity.", "a person who shows or expresses a bitterly or sneeringly cynical .Synonyms: misanthrope , pessimist , skeptic"]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["cynical .", "(initial capital letter)Also Cynical.of or relating to the Cynics or their doctrines.", "Medicine/Medical Now Rare.resembling the actions of a snarling dog."]}]