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Fancy Name I See But No Supporter Of Diogenes Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CYNIC which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• someone who is critical of the motives of others

• a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

42%6 Birthplace of the philosopher Diogenes
noun

• an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325

• the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

• the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

42%6 Seljuk ruler who defeated the Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes at the Battle of Manzikert
adjective

• of or relating to the Seljuks

noun

• any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders

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The Guardian Cryptic27 Oct 2006 Down 6
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