Cynicism refers to a negative attitude or belief that people are motivated purely by self-interest and are generally dishonest or untrustworthy. It is a skepticism towards the underlying motives and integrity of others.
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Often teachers host hints of
cynicism about what other teachers tell students, feeling like they need to «fix» the misinformation their fellow educators have disseminated.
Maybe it has to do with the taste of comedy ever changing with the increase of
cynicism in society.
The negativities of human potencies is wrought
with cynicisms of blackened projections bemusing toward milking mankind's herds of their monetary indignations.
But for people of color, there may be cause
for cynicism among the optimism over the company's response to the recent crisis.
So many of the other podcasts are just steeped in
cynicism at a time when gaming is as good or better than its ever been.
Peter Kellner considers latest poll on gay marriage and is struck
by cynicism towards Cameron (Comments: 0)
And of course there is going to be a lot of
cynicism from people emailing me saying, «Oh yeah Gary, you're really going to change people's lives by them making $ 48 a month, or $ 350 a month, or $ 1,000 a month.»
But are the only alternatives religious zeal and ideological fanaticism on the one hand, and the absence of moral considerations and political
cynicism on the other.
It is not only bad ethics, therefore; it is stupid to fall
into cynicism because the Great War did not save the world.
Today's headlines are not going to help the enormous problem of
public cynicism about politics.
Only in this way can aid policies escape the understandable
cynicism which so many people have about them.
So
cynicism aside about the glitzy self - congratulatory event and the small part of the show documentaries get, the heightened awareness has a rippling effect.
For 15 years as a college president, I watched each incoming freshman class exhibit less civic engagement and more
cynicism toward political processes.
The Christian warning is just as much
against cynicism or a fatalistic pessimism as it is against confidence in over-all rational solutions of international problems.
It succeeds in straddling a line
between cynicism and genuine care, and it gets pretty dark even if Fey reportedly had to soften her original script to get the PG - 13 rating.
I do not believe there is anything wrong with
cynicism towards doping, as long as it doesn't come with apathy for testing / control / sanctions... which it often does unfortunately.
But the level of
cynicism among the respondents regarding politics in general was high, judging from their comments.
Seemingly disparate pop cultural icons are portrayed
without cynicism in the artist's fluent painterly style.
The remedy for
such cynicism consists in the recognition of the necessity for more adequate conceptual schemes and in sufficient reflection upon the experience of imperfection.
Something about Modernism can seem embarrassing, but maybe that takes
more cynicism than common decency.
For me, the toughest part was not answering sarcastically or with
cynicism when I get comments like «Aren't you worried that eating fat will hurt your baby?»
She declined to comment, but Caproni said the affairs exemplified the kind of behavior that
bred cynicism about government.
That outcome — a very traditional organization responding with an open mind to a netroots outcry — made me think again about my
own cynicism about Web activism.
We're far better off embracing difficulty instead of padding against it
through cynicism, escapism or control.
The book's tenor is one of profound regret for the choices he has made as well as
deep cynicism for the organizations he's worked for.
«Politicians of every party have fed this
growing cynicism by exaggerating and overstating what governments can do.
The alternative response of
cynicism regarding the possibility of any sort of ethical life whatsoever, once the absolutist's naive (and opportunistic) optimism is rejected, is similarly mistaken and not acceptable.
Many commentators initially expressed disappointment at what they argued was the highly limited scope of the Convention — and many
expressed cynicism at the likelihood of any radical change as a result of the Convention.
Compassion fatigue is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion often coupled with
increased cynicism and feelings of professional ineffectiveness.
These ideas are likely to have left an impression on the public, perhaps
fueling cynicism about politics and about the democratic process, and undermining the trust in institutions and in one another, across lines of difference, that is essential for the functioning of representative democracy.
«There's a lot of
cynicism out there, and some of it is because of these bad apples,» he told WABC host Rita Cosby.
DeWoskin's novel evokes high school life with a kind of biting
cynicism while it simultaneously offers a hopeful coming - of - age story with a performing arts setting that will appeal to fans of the television shows Fame and Glee.
But these studies still place
Cynicism within a Hellenistic framework and leave Cynic poverty unexplored.
While there was little
cynicism over Welbeck's potential, the Englishman's track record at Manchester United wasn't the most prolific one.
Often it breeds, along with strength of will,
cynicism if not contempt toward others less strong.
«Buffalo Billion is about a whole enterprise that has been going on for years that involves hundreds and hundreds of people in transforming Buffalo fundamentally, in
taking cynicism and turning it into hope.»
Crowe's writing is as likeable as ever, leaving
cynicism behind and populating his islands with odd but lovable characters.
Currently he focuses predominantly on his slightly belated literary efforts (Bori published his first novel in English at the tender age of 36) as well as on
Cynicism Management, his alternative rock band; Ray Kosmick, his psychedelic rock / indietronica / soundtracks alter ego; and a few shorter - term side projects.