cynicism

The definition of cynicism is an attitude of suspicion where you believe the future is bleak and that people are acting only out of self interest.

(noun)

An example of cynicism is when you always think the worst and have a hard time seeing the good in anyone.

See cynicism in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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See cynicism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others: the public cynicism aroused by governmental scandals.
A scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act: “She arrived at a philosophy of her own, all made up of her private notations and cynicisms” (Henry James).
Cynicism The beliefs of the ancient Cynics.

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