Oh, rubbish. "Cynicism" and "Credulousness" are not opposites.
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there are competing definitions but they’re at least opposed if not precise opposites in the one i subscribe to
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there's a difference between skepticism, demanding evidence for claims, and cynicism, a spiritually corrosive immunity to passion in any endeavor. a substantial difference.
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that isn’t what i mean by cynicism and sounds suspiciously like pessimism. by cynicism i mean distrust of people’s nominal motives.
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i’m not as ungenerous in this as people often are; i don’t think people are typically lying about their motives, i think they typically don’t understand them
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Pragmatism assesses the coherency of an individual/phrase. The fact of it yielding more precaution throughout time, directs an individual towards something I would argue for being "non-naive". Although similarly anything I write may sometimes be perceived as cynical.
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