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distrust

noun as in lack of faith in something

verb as in be suspicious, skeptical of

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That has never been more important than it is right now, during one of the most uncertain periods in modern history, and a moment when distrust and misinformation are rampant.

From Time

The first was distrust in the Republican establishment itself.

Vaccine distrust is often rooted in history for many communities of color.

From Vox

Nationalism is on the rise, as well as distrust of globalism and alliances.

From Time

An untrustworthy system has created many who are understandably vaccine hesitant, while online disinformation campaigns are fueled by conspiracies and distrust.

Bridging the divide between the police and those who distrust them will take more than protests and symbolic gestures.

Liberals distrust business and anyone with power—better to tell them exactly what to do.

Conservatives distrust public officials and want to shackle them with detailed rules.

Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.

Can you chip away at the distrust of the police among black people?

Such mutual distrust necessarily creates or accompanies a lack of moral courage.

Here was the strangeness of it: that he did not distrust Lettice, nor felt resentment against Tony.

Robinson looked at him suspiciously as he took it, and the animals eyed him with evident distrust.

On the following afternoon he found her, for instance, radiant with that exuberant happiness he had learned now to distrust.

However cleverly the pill was gilded, the Marshal knew that it was the Emperor's distrust which had lost him the command.

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to distrust, such as: disbelief, doubt, misgiving, mistrust, skepticism, and suspicion.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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