See cynicism on Wiktionary
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"word": "legal cynicism"
}
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"A distrustful attitude."
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"(uncountable) A distrustful attitude."
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"text": "Coordinate term: skepticism"
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"An emotion of jaded negativity, or a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of other people. Cynicism can manifest itself by frustration, disillusionment and distrust in regard to organizations, authorities and other aspects of society, often due to previous bad experience. Cynics often view others as motivated solely by disguised self-interest."
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[
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[
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[
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[
"experience",
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[
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"(uncountable) An emotion of jaded negativity, or a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of other people. Cynicism can manifest itself by frustration, disillusionment and distrust in regard to organizations, authorities and other aspects of society, often due to previous bad experience. Cynics often view others as motivated solely by disguised self-interest."
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"A scornfully pessimistic comment or act."
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"(countable) A scornfully pessimistic comment or act."
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"countable"
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"A school of thought in the philosophy of Ancient Greece."
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"(uncountable) A school of thought in the philosophy of Ancient Greece."
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"ipa": "/ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/",
"tags": [
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"homophone": "Sinicism"
}
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{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinizëm"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "cʻinizm",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "ցինիզմ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cynízm",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цыні́зм"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "cinízǎm",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цини́зъм"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinisme"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "犬儒主義"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quǎnrúzhǔyì",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "犬儒主义"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cynismus"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kynisme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cynisme"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "cinikismo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "künism"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "kyynisyys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cynisme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinismo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "cinizmi",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "ცინიზმი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zynismus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kynismós",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κυνισμός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "cinizmus"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinismo"
},
{
"alt": "ひにく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiniku",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "皮肉"
},
{
"alt": "キニクしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kinikushugi",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "キニク主義"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shinizumu",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "シニシズム"
},
{
"alt": "れいしょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "reishō",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "冷笑"
},
{
"alt": "れいしょうしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "reishōshugi",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "冷笑主義"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "şımırıkpeu",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "шімірікпеу"
},
{
"alt": "冷笑",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "naengso",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "냉소"
},
{
"alt": "冷笑",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "raengso",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "랭소"
},
{
"alt": "冷笑主義",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "naengsojuui",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "냉소주의"
},
{
"alt": "冷笑主義",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "raengsojuui",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "랭소주의"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinisms"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinizmas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "cinízam",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цини́зам"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "sinisme"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "sinisisme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kynisme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cynizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinismo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cinism"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "cinízm",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цини́зм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "цинѝзам"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Roma",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinìzam"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinìsimu"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cynizmus"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinizem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cinismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "cynism"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"word": "sinizm"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "cynízm",
"sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "цині́зм"
}
],
"word": "cynicism"
}
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