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cynicism

[sin-uh-siz-uhm] / ˈsɪn əˌsɪz əm /


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The Knicks are still up, tickets are still going for the price of a year of private kindergarten, but there’s a whiff of the old city cynicism in the air.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Unlike Cricket, Olympia is earnest and sincere about her art in the way that only a young person untainted by cynicism can be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

What stands out from the narrative is the persistence, cynicism and devious tactics used by the man who was the party's chief executive for more than two decades.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“A jaded cynicism has come over investors,” said Paul Donovan, chief global economist at UBS Wealth Management.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

It has produced laws of a cynicism scarcely believable in a civilized society.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin




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