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CYNICISM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does cynicism mean?

• CYNICISM (noun)
The noun CYNICISM has 1 sense:

1. a cynical feeling of distrust

Familiarity information: CYNICISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CYNICISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A cynical feeling of distrust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("cynicism" is a kind of...):

pessimism (the feeling that things will turn out badly)

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