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someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
- We're too cynical, too decadent.1.12 — Part 1 Chapter 12 (33% in)
- A society woman wrote an article on the exotic shrines she had seen in her dangerous jungle travels, praised the touching faith of the savages and reproached modern man for cynicism; the Stoddard Temple, she said, was a symptom of softness and decadence; the illustration showed her in breeches, one slim foot on the neck of a dead lion.2.12 — Part 2 Chapter 12 (19% in)
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