Cynicism

Synonyms for "cynicism" (25 found)

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Translations

50 translations across 41 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • sinisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Albanian

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  • cinizëm noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Ancient Greek

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  • Κυνισμός name (philosophy of the Cynics)

Armenian

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  • ցինիզմ noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Belarusian

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  • цыні́зм noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Bulgarian

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  • цини́зъм noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Catalan

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  • cinisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 犬儒主義 /犬儒主义 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Czech

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  • cynismus noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Danish

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  • kynisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Dutch

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  • cynisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Esperanto

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  • cinikismo noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Estonian

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  • künism noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Finnish

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  • kyynisyys noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

French

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  • cynisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Galician

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  • cinismo noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Georgian

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  • ცინიზმი noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

German

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  • Zynismus noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Greek

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  • κυνισμός noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Hungarian

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  • cinizmus noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Italian

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  • cinismo noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Japanese

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  • キニク主義 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • シニシズム noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • 冷笑 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • 冷笑主義 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Kazakh

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  • шімірікпеу noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Korean

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  • 냉소 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • 냉소주의 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • 랭소 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • 랭소주의 noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Latvian

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  • cinisms noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Lithuanian

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  • cinizmas noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Macedonian

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  • цини́зам noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Malay

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  • sinisisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • sinisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • kynisme noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Polish

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  • cynizm noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Portuguese

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  • cinismo noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Romanian

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  • cinism noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Russian

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  • цини́зм noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • cinìzam noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
  • цинѝзам noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Sicilian

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  • cinìsimu noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Slovak

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  • cynizmus noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Slovene

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  • cinizem noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Spanish

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  • cinismo noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Swedish

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  • cynism noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Turkish

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  • sinizm noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Ukrainian

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  • цині́зм noun (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)

Sample sentences

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This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.

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Cynicism is just a mean way to tell the truth.

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Sarcasm should not be confused with cynicism.

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Your cynicism will destroy you one day.

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