cynisme
French, noun/si.nism/
cynisme is spelled C-Y-N-I-S-M-E (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cynisme is a French masculine noun meaning “cynicism (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Philosophie cynique, doctrine matérialiste et anticonformiste des philosophes cyniques”.
What does cynisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecynicism (skeptical, scornful or pessimistic attitude)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Philosophie cynique, doctrine matérialiste et anticonformiste des philosophes cyniques. 2. Affectation d’impudence, mépris des convenances et de la morale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cynisme
- cynismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cynisme?
- /si.nism/
- /si.nizm/
- \si.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cynisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cynisme in French?
cynisme appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).