cynicism

It was the kind of cynicism that poses as sophistication—the belief that Benjamin Netanyahu was continuing the Gaza war for his own political purposes.

Even as she changed our understanding of the natural world, Dr Goodall faced cynicism and sexism.

It began as an unstable blend of wildly ambitious idealism, great-power cynicism and mind-numbing bureaucracy, and that combination has defined it ever since.

And, holding down the heart of the film with a gravity it probably doesn’t deserve, is Redford, running his techno-security squad with just the right balance of seen-it-all cynicism, idealism and swagger.

The presidential, parliamentary and local council candidates are competing for votes against a background of cynicism about what might actually change.