Cynic and Ideologue

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Cynic noun - A person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons.

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Ideologue is an antonym for cynic.

Nearby Words: cynical, cynicism, cynically

Ideologue noun - One whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world.

Usage example: the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country

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Cynic is an antonym for ideologue.

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Ideologue and Cynic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cynic/ideologue

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