cynismus

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

cynismus m inan (related adjective cynický)

  1. cynicism

Declension

Declension of cynismus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative cynismus cynismy
genitive cynismu cynismů
dative cynismu cynismům
accusative cynismus cynismy
vocative cynisme cynismy
locative cynismu cynismech
instrumental cynismem cynismy

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυνισμός (kunismós).

Pronunciation

Noun

cynismus m sg (genitive cynismī); second declension

  1. cynicism, cynical philosophy or conduct

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative cynismus
genitive cynismī
dative cynismō
accusative cynismum
ablative cynismō
vocative cynisme

References

  • “cynismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cynismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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