cynic
C44456
concept
A cynic is a person who habitually doubts or distrusts the sincerity, motives, or goodness of others, often expecting selfishness or hypocrisy behind actions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| cynic canonical | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cynic
Generated description
A cynic is a person who habitually doubts or distrusts the sincerity, motives, or goodness of others, often expecting selfishness or hypocrisy behind actions.
Instances (1)
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Lord Henry Wotton in Dorian Gray
surface form:
Lord Henry Wotton
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