"cynicism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌsɪzəm/ [UK] Audio: en-us-cynicism.ogg Forms: cynicisms [plural]
Etymology: From Cynicism, cynic + -ism; compare cynism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cynic|ism}} cynic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cynicism (countable and uncountable, plural cynicisms)
  1. (uncountable) A distrustful attitude. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (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. Tags: uncountable
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  3. (countable) A skeptical, scornful or pessimistic comment or act. Tags: countable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: legal cynicism Related terms: cynic, cynical, cynically Translations (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude): cinizëm [masculine] (Albanian), ցինիզմ (cʻinizm) (Armenian), цыні́зм (cynízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), цини́зъм (cinízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cinisme [masculine] (Catalan), 犬儒主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 犬儒主义 (quǎnrúzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), cynismus [masculine] (Czech), kynisme [common-gender] (Danish), cynisme [neuter] (Dutch), cinikismo (Esperanto), künism (Estonian), kyynisyys (Finnish), cynisme [masculine] (French), cinismo [masculine] (Galician), ცინიზმი (cinizmi) (Georgian), Zynismus [masculine] (German), κυνισμός (kynismós) [masculine] (Greek), cinizmus (Hungarian), cinismo [masculine] (Italian), 皮肉 (hiniku) (alt: ひにく) (Japanese), キニク主義 (kinikushugi) (alt: キニクしゅぎ) (Japanese), シニシズム (shinizumu) (Japanese), 冷笑 (reishō) (alt: れいしょう) (Japanese), 冷笑主義 (reishōshugi) (alt: れいしょうしゅぎ) (Japanese), 냉소 (naengso) (alt: 冷笑) (Korean), 랭소 (raengso) (alt: 冷笑) [North-Korea] (Korean), 냉소주의 (naengsojuui) (alt: 冷笑主義) (Korean), 랭소주의 (raengsojuui) (alt: 冷笑主義) [North-Korea] (Korean), cinisms [masculine] (Latvian), cinizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), цини́зам (cinízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), sinisme (Malay), sinisisme (Malay), kynisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), cynizm [masculine] (Polish), cinismo [masculine] (Portuguese), cinìzam [masculine] (Roma), cinism [neuter] (Romanian), цини́зм (cinízm) [masculine] (Russian), цинѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cinìsimu [masculine] (Sicilian), cynizmus [masculine] (Slovak), cinizem [masculine] (Slovene), cinismo [masculine] (Spanish), cynism [common-gender] (Swedish), sinizm (Turkish), цині́зм (cynízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude': 50 9 41

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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "word": "犬儒主義"
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      "word": "犬儒主义"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cinikismo"
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "word": "künism"
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "word": "kyynisyys"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cynisme"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ცინიზმი"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "word": "cinizmus"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "alt": "冷笑",
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
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      "word": "cinisms"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cinizmas"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "цини́зам"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "word": "sinisme"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kynisme"
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    {
      "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": [
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      "word": "cinism"
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      "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",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Roma",
      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cinìzam"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cinìsimu"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cynizmus"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cinizem"
    },
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      "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"
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      "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": [
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      "word": "цині́зм"
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