This initial statement was met with a great deal of cynicism from both the press and the public.
en.wikipedia.org The theme of belief/hope "versus" cynicism or despair surfaces in relation to one of these.
en.wikipedia.org He is emotional, yet never impassioned; poetic, yet never tawdry; raw without any hint of cynicism.
en.wikipedia.org And the eyebrows can register, almost single-handedly, wonder, pity, fright, pain, cynicism, concentration, wistfulness, displeasure, and expectation, in infinite variations and combinations.
en.wikipedia.org Some words used to describe these values are as follows: a sense of mission, action, cynicism, pessimism, machismo, suspicion, conservatism, isolation and solidarity.
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