as in desperation
cynical beliefs; beliefs that people are generally selfish and dishonest
Nothing could change her cynicism about politics.
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Recent Examples of cynicism
Speaking of fans, in this day and age of online cynicism, public opinion on the trailer is split.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Unlike Cricket, Olympia is earnest and sincere about her art in the way that only a young person untainted by cynicism can be.
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Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
There’s a general cynicism to most things.
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Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
Earned and justified cynicism aside, Beuerlein firmly believes that the Cowboys should be good.
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Mac Engel
june 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cynicism
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Unlike Cricket, Olympia is earnest and sincere about her art in the way that only a young person untainted by cynicism can be.
—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
There’s a general cynicism to most things.
—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
Earned and justified cynicism aside, Beuerlein firmly believes that the Cowboys should be good.
—
Mac Engel
june 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cynicism
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Electing Talarico would be like connecting on one of those last-second, desperation, alley-oop passes in the end zone.
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This match finally picked up in the second half, reflecting the desperation each side had after losing their opening matches.
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Fear, joy, surprise, sadness, excitement.
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Exceeding expectations As a trip set mainly in concentration camps, sadness is often the top expectation.
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Rather than wallow in the despair of his wife's death, Robin decided to start Kay Days, a non-profit that pays for patients' parking on select days and during the week of his beloved wife's birthday.
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That poor driver had to listen to me sniffle in shameful despair all the way back to the city.
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But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.
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At times the longing feels sweet and the search like a little sorrow.
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The Los Angeles guitarist and songwriter touches on grief, rejection, and love in lo-fi shoegaze songs that package sunny melodies with comforting gloom.
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June gloom is nearly behind us, and Danielle Dorsey has a guide to 7 new rooftop restaurant and bars.
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There were scandals and heartbreak and dysfunction and, worst of all, a hopelessness.
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That essay, written in 1940 — the same year Native Son was published — is suffused with profound hopelessness for what was indeed to come.
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Even as the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence − a celebration of the founding of the world's oldest modern constitutional democracy − most Americans are mired in dissatisfaction with the nation's present and pessimism about its future.
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This decline deprives teens of vital skill development, work experience, and motivation, fostering pessimism among Gen Z.
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Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.
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Early Years Eichenberg recounted his childhood with some melancholy.
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“Cynicism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cynicism. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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