cynicism
UK/ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/
cynicism noun: a distrustful attitude.
Noun
cynicism (countable and uncountable, plural cynicisms)
- A distrustful attitude.
- An emotion of jaded negativity, or a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others, due to belief that people are motivated solely by disguised self-interest.
- A scornfully pessimistic comment or act.
- A school of thought in the philosophy of Ancient Greece.
Proper noun capitalized: Cynicism
Cynicism
- the philosophy of the Greek Cynics
cynicism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cynicism in Hindi
- सनकीपन, सिनिकवाद
cynicism in Tamil
- நிந்தனைவாதம்
cynicism in Marathi
- सिनिकवाद
cynicism in Urdu
- بد اعتمادی, نک چڑھا پن, خشک رویہ, مایوس کن برتاو
More languagesFewer languages
- cynicism in Bengali
- সিনিকবাদ, সিনিকতাবাদ
- cynicism in Malayalam
- ഹൃദയശൂന്യത, കുറ്റം കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുന്ന സ്വഭാവം, ദോഷദർശന സ്വഭാവം, നിന്ദാശീലം
- cynicism in Kannada
- ಸಿನಿಕತೆ, ಸಿನಿಕತನ
- cynicism in Gujarati
- સિનિકવાદ
- cynicism in Nepali
- सिनिकवाद
- cynicism in Malay
- sinisme, sinisisme
Examples of cynicism in a sentence
- I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
- The closing years of "Old Labour" in Britain were years laced with corruption, cynicism, emollience, and drift.
- They use cynicism to protect themselves from the terrors of the job.
Forms of cynicism
| plural | cynicisms |
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Origin of cynicism
From Cynicism, cynic + -ism; compare cynism.
From Cynic + -ism.
Words formed from cynicism
Questions about cynicism
- What does cynicism mean?
- Cynicism means a distrustful attitude.
- What is cynicism in Hindi?
- Cynicism in Hindi is सनकीपन, सिनिकवाद. See Cynicism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cynicism?
- Cynicism can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cynicism?
- Cynicism is pronounced /ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cynicism?
- The plural of cynicism is cynicisms.
Words near cynicism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cynicism (page history and authors); Cynicism (page history and authors); cynicism (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cynicism (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cynicism (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cynicism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cynicism (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cynicism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cynicism (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cynicism (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cynicism (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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