cynicism - the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence
1cripple — 01. The sidewalks of the city are crowded with [cripples] begging for coins. 02. The Coast Guard has rescued forty sailors from a [crippled] freighter off the coast of Newfoundland. 03. She has been in bed for weeks with a [crippling] case of… …
2literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
3international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
4United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
