mistrust
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4.0
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈtrʌst/
:
desconfianza
- The farmers' mistrust is directed not only toward the cooperative but also toward the middlemen.
- suspicion and mistrust
- deep mistrust
- abandonment and mistrust
There's also what was discussed earlier of mistrust in the healthcare system.
- There's also what was discussed earlier of mistrust in the healthcare system.
- Despite that, there were ethnicities or social groups that were treated with mistrust.
- I think that I think that Trump will continue to foster a lot of mistrust in a lot of our institutions.
- You if you're especially if you're young, you haven't been given a reason to have a mistrust of what someone is saying and showing you.
- There has to be a solution that people don't have this mistrust for a company making huge profits off of a drug.
- Or there's a tremendous sense of mistrust which pervades your family or your place of employment.
- And at at a time when there's been a lot of mistrust built up about government that makes it difficult.
- I think that had a a lot to do with confusion and a lot to do with mistrust, both my own and other people's.
- It's not an individual that that is losing, but but mistrust in our institution is costing all of us a lot.
- There was indeed a lot of mistrust from German high command towards soldiers and civilians from Alsace and Lorraine.
- Trump, if anything, was a symptom of mistrust in the mainstream media, or the corporate media, as people have taken to calling it.
- And what was that based on that mistrust, The fact that she was American, an actress, divorced, black, biracial with a black mother.
Examples
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Several families in this population had generational histories of mistrust of public education, particularly among urban Native American families.
Academic text (2013) -
I am viewed with suspicion and mistrust by nearly all our people.
Fiction book (1994) -
And we may have a mistrust of those who are outside that community.
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All your trouble came from your mistrust and fear.
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So he says the fear of falling into error sets up a mistrust of science.
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I observed the rise of this movement with mistrust and expected a Red Republic.
Academic text (1991) -
You treat your champions with such mistrust.
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The conference limped to a sad close, leaving a legacy of mistrust and suspicion among the major participants.
Academic text (2011) -
Undeniably, the church-state collaboration led to an epidemic of mistrust among the people.
Academic text (1996) -
There is a growing mistrust between the two nations due to recent conflicts.
Synonyms
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1.6
A feeling of not being sure about something
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3.0
A feeling that someone may have done something wrong without proof
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5.1
A feeling of doubt about an idea or claim when there is not enough proof
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3.5
A feeling that someone or something cannot be relied on
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6.4
A feeling of not trusting people or plans much
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5.9
A feeling of doubt or worry about whether something will turn out well
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3.8
A small feeling that something might not be true
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5.4
A habit of not trusting other people's motives
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7.8
A feeling of doubt or not trusting something
A feeling of not trusting other people
A feeling of not being sure about something
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Etymology
The word mistrust combines the prefix mis- ('not' or 'wrong') with trust, like in mistake. So it literally means 'not trusting' and today it means a feeling of doubt or a lack of confidence in someone or something.