Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a cynical feeling of distrust;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cynicism \Cyn"i*cism\ (s[i^]n"[i^]*s[i^]z'm), n.
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cynicism
n 1: a cynical feeling of distrust
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "cynicism":
Timonism, antisocial sentiments, antisociality, causticity,
defeatism, dismalness, gloominess, gloomy outlook, innuendo,
invective, irony, malism, misanthropism, misanthropy, negativism,
nihilism, pessimism, retreatism, sarcasm, satire, satiric wit,
uncheerfulness, unsociability