cynicism.
A distrustful attitude.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
From Cynicism, cynic + -ism; compare cynism.
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