The Only Use of
cynical
in
1984, by Orwell
- This peculiar linking-together of opposites — knowledge with ignorance, cynicism with fanaticism-is one of the chief distinguishing marks of Oceanic society.†
p. 216.2cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
Definition:
someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)