cynism
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French cynisme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin cynismus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κυνισμός (kunismós, “philosophy of the Cynics”), from κυν- (kun-), stem of κύων (kúōn, “dog”, “Cynic”); compare cynicism.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: sĭʹnĭzm, IPA(key): /ˈsɪnɪzm/
Noun
cynism (usually uncountable, plural cynisms)
References
- “cynism” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams
Swedish
Noun
cynism c
Declension
| Declension of cynism | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | cynism | cynismen | cynismer | cynismerna |
| Genitive | cynisms | cynismens | cynismers | cynismernas |
Related terms
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish nouns ending in "-ism"