Cynicism

Noun

 * 1)  a distrustful attitude
 * David T Wolf: "Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows."
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  a skeptical, scornful or pessimistic comment or act

Adjectives
prevalent; abstract; consummate; immeasurable ; meretricious; searing; cold-blooded; bitter; new-found; grinning; smooth; ugly; sinister; unbearable; rough; infamous; arid; appalling; polished; selfish; philosophical; repellent; analytical; thin; querulous; apparent; disdainful; genial.

Verbs
adopt —; attain —; base on —; clothe in —; condemn —; criticize —; dethrone —; display —; dispose of —; don —; exhibit —; exercise —; fall into —; fetter with —; imply —; indulge in —; ingrain —; mask —; provoke —; regard with —; ridicule —; uphold —; — cloaks; — develops; — emphasizes; — evolves; — flourishes; — outrages; — seeps in.

Thesaurus
Timonism, antisocial sentiments, antisociality, causticity, defeatism, dismalness, gloominess, gloomy outlook, innuendo, invective, irony, malism, misanthropism, misanthropy, negativism, nihilism, pessimism, retreatism, sarcasm, satire, satiric wit, uncheerfulness, unsociability

Etymology
From Cynicism, ; compare cynism:

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