犬儒

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Japanese coinage?”) Likely a partial calque from Ancient Greek; see the English entry for cynic for details.

犬儒

1. cynic

• (Tokyo) けんじゅ (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

犬(けん)儒(じゅ) • (kenju) ^{←けんじゆ (kenzyu)?}

1. (now uncommon) Cynic (member of an Ancient Greek sect)
   • 1899, 高山樗牛, 時代管見, page 29:

     是(こ)れはたアレキサンドロスが帝王(ていわう)の威(ゐ)を屈(くつ)して草莽(さうまう)赤裸(せきら)の一(ひと)犬儒(けんじゆ)を訪(と)ひし所以(せい)に非(あら)ずや。

     Kore wa Arekisandorosu ga teiō no i o kusshite sōmō-sekira no hito-kenju o toishi sei ni arazu ya.

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 1922, 寒沢振作, おのがかゞみ : 一名・世界蒙求, page 202:

     犬儒(けんじゆ)の如(ごと)き、無欲恬淡(むよくてんたん)の士(し)

     kenju no gotoki, muyokutentan no shi

     indifferent men like the Cynics

2. (rare) cynic
   • 1940, 沖野岩三郎, 宛名印記, page 8:

     今(いま)は最早(もやは)犬儒(けんじゆ)の必要(ひつえう)のない時代(じだい)である。

     Ima wa moyaha kenju no hitsuyō no nai jidai de aru.

     This is an age that has no more need for cynics.

• 犬儒学派(けんじゅがくは) (kenjugakuha, “Cynic”)
• 犬儒派(けんじゅは) (kenjuha, “Cynic”)
• 犬儒主義(けんじゅしゅぎ) (kenju shugi, “cynicism”)
• 犬儒主義者(けんじゅしゅぎしゃ) (kenju shugisha, “cynicist”)
• 犬儒的(けんじゅてき) (kenjuteki, “cynical”)

犬儒 • (gyeonyu) (hangeul 견유)

1. hanja form^? of 견유 (“cynic”)

犬儒

1. chữ Hán form of khuyển nho (“cynic”).