Crossword-Solution: CYNICISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cynicism | n. | The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions. |
We have 23 clues for the answer “CYNICISM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Trait of Dorothy Parker's writing | 1 answer |
| Pessimistic disposition | 1 answer |
| Jaded attitude | 1 answer |
| General distrust | 1 answer |
| Distrusting disposition | 1 answer |
| Belief that people have selfish motives | 1 answer |
| Belief in disbelief | 1 answer |
| Wariness | 28 answers |
| irritability | 30 answers |
| disbelief | 31 answers |
| Suspicion | 50 answers |
| misgiving | 55 answers |
| unbelief | 56 answers |
| PERPLEXED state | 59 answers |
| Trepidation | 61 answers |
| Gloom | 72 answers |
| Doubt | 74 answers |
| mistrust | 75 answers |
| uncertainty | 75 answers |
| terror | 75 answers |
| Status ___ | 82 answers |
| Spot | 120 answers |
| State | 123 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CYNICISM (5)
Pessimism, cynicism, and despair were widespread, and many advocates of change had become paralyzed by futility, but neither black nor white protesters had surrendered to the status quo.
Roderick, clad always in white, roamed about like a restless ghost, silent for the most part, but making from time to time a brief observation, characterized by the most fantastic cynicism.
His companion struck him as altogether too clever to be likely to indulge in a silly affectation of cynicism.
But though he had occasional flashes of humor, his ordinary demeanor was characterized by a mild cynicism, which, with his gloomy pessimistic philosophy, so foreign to the temperament that should accompany his physical type, could only be accounted for upon the hypothesis of some secret sorrow such as I have suggested.
When once the impressions of London life began to crowd thickly upon her, she completely forgot her sister’s warning about the cynicism of public opinion.
Quotes with CYNICISM (3)
All I ask is one thing, and I’m asking this particularly of young people: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
The night before brain surgery, I thought about death. I searched out my larger values, and I asked myself, if I was going to die, did I want to do it fighting and clawing or in peaceful surrender? What sort of character did I hope to show? Was I content with myself and what I had done with my life so far? I decided that I was essentially a good person, although I could have been better--but at the same time I understood that the cancer didn't care. I asked myself what I beli…
Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (2003–2022).