シニスム

noun

cynicism

A philosophical or attitudinal stance of distrust toward sincerity or virtue, often implying a belief that people are motivated by self-interest. Compare with シニシズム, which is the more common English-derived term.

from French cynisme

See also: シニシズム

• 彼かれのシニスムは、長なが年ねんの政せい治じ経けい験けんから来きている。

  His cynicism comes from years of political experience.

• シニスムとシニシズムはほぼ同おなじ意い味みだが、前ぜん者しゃはフランス語ご由ゆ来らいだ。

  シニスム and シニシズム mean almost the same, but the former is derived from French.