cynicism
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Two of America’s most idealistic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, followed an era of Johnsonian-Nixonian cynicism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet despite the cynicism, India has never quite abandoned the idea that voluntary suffering can move politics in ways speeches cannot.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Give them a urine test, because that is cynicism on steroids.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The film isn’t arguing with cynicism; it’s presenting an alternative.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
My cynicism had been known, from time to time, to get me into accidental trouble.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
The girls' faces are fresh and untouched by the indulgences and cynicisms of city life.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2014
Gold will be accused of twin cynicisms – of jumping on the Olympics bandwagon and of manipulating its audience's emotions.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2012
The sly digressions of a slanting bishop, the rapid cynicisms of a threatened queen, the stormy contraditions of the agile castles—these provided dialect in which the finest abstractions could be stated.
From Time Magazine Archive
America's discussion and debate, its hopes and cynicisms about the post-war world, moved last week to a new plane.
From Time Magazine Archive
While there's life there's hope; and so the worst cynicisms have never been spoken.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill
Vocabulary lists containing cynicism
Grade 10, List 1
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President Obama's Farewell Address
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1984
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