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The belief that everyone's selfish, held by someone suspiciously confident about it.
means Distrusting other people's motives, assuming self-interest lurks behind every apparent kindness.
from From the ancient Greek Cynics, philosophers who lived like dogs (kynikos, dog-like) to mock society's pretensions and prove virtue beat luxury.
Dog rootsCynic literally meant dog-like in Greek.
DiogenesFamous Cynic lived in a barrel, owned nothing.
Meaning driftStarted as bold honesty, became bitter distrust.