Word Meanings - CYNICISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opnions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CYNICISM)

• Misanthropy
• Egotism
• incivism
• man-hating
• cynicism
• woman-hating

Related words: (words related to CYNICISM)

• EGOTISM
  The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self- praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of
• INCIVISM
  Want of civism; want of patriotism or love to one's country; unfriendliness to one's state or government. Macaulay.
• MISANTHROPY
  Hatred of, or dislike to, mankind; -- opposed to philanthropy. Orrery.
• CYNICISM
  The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opnions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.