Antonyms for cynicism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sin-uh-siz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪn əˌsɪz əm

Definition of cynicism

Origin : 1670s, "philosophy of the Cynics," from cynic + -ism. Meaning "cynical character" is from 1847. For nuances of usage of cynicism, see humor.

noun acrimony

Example sentences :

The development of living ideals is not in an atmosphere of cynicism.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

From vanity he spoke of himself in the highest terms and from cynicism in the lowest.
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

Cynicism swept Lee; he remembered the look Groff had flung at Franklin.
Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings

There is not much satire in the Manx character, and next to no cynicism at all.
Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine

The more Coast drank the deeper was his cynicism but Peter grew mellow.
Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

For the word that persists in creeping under its point is no other word than "cynicism."
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

I told him curtly that the man's cynicism was simply abominable.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

But from a charge of cynicism I have always shrunk instinctively.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

I could have struck him for the cynicism of his final words, but I restrained myself.
Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray

We need the simplicity, or cynicism, of the Greeks to recall us to realities.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

Synonyms for cynicism

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