1. cynicism - Noun
2. Cynicism - Proper noun
The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCynicism is an unpleasant way of telling the truth. Lillian Hellman
Cynicism is humour in ill health. H. G. Wells
Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. Leon Trotsky
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism. George Meredith
The only deadly sin I know is cynicism. Henry L. Stimson
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw