Attitude or state of mind characterized by a general distrust of others' motives

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A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

A bishop ordains John Horne Tooke as a priest: the devil replaces the ordinand's virtues with vices. Engraving, 1771.

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Cynicism

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A physician in his study, turning to the viewer to exploit illness arising from sin. Engraving by J.D. Hertz, 17--.

A bishop ordains John Horne Tooke as a priest: the devil replaces the ordinand's virtues with vices. Engraving, 1771.