suspiciousness
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5.4
- noun
- /səˈspɪʃəsnəs/
:
sospecha
- He tended to display a suspiciousness that made others wary of approaching him.
- her own suspiciousness
First, there's a suspiciousness and a sensitivity to narcissistic people.
- First, there's a suspiciousness and a sensitivity to narcissistic people.
- Maybe you just do hold a little more suspiciousness.
Examples
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To defuse his suspiciousness, I explained the reasons for everything I did and every question I asked.
Academic text (2001) -
First, there's a suspiciousness and a sensitivity to narcissistic people.
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There have been attempts on his life, so his suspiciousness is not without basis.
Academic text (2002) -
Part of what troubled him lay in his natural suspiciousness about any kind of open spiritualism.
Fiction book (1990) -
It messes with your head and makes it so that you're always looking with a bit of suspiciousness around you.
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I decided that though Hellfire and Longstreth had not created rancor, they had caused a vast suspiciousness of mankind to be born.
Fiction book (1999) -
Second, the suspiciousness noted in people with Capgras delusion may be one of the factors that limit the possibilities they consider to those that involve changes in other people rather than changes in themselves and disposes them to think they are the victims of some kind of trick.
Academic text (1999) -
On the basis of past findings, it was hypothesized that spouses would differ from one another on measures of assertiveness, open-mindedness, and suspiciousness, and would be similar to each other on intelligence, maturity, optimism, and warm-heartedness.
Academic text (1990) -
The communal pastures, periodic communal labor, suspiciousness of outsiders, and occasional communal justice that characterize many indigenous communities all contribute to a perception among mestizo peasants and others that indigenous communities are united and strong.
Academic text (2001) -
Her suspiciousness towards new acquaintances often made it difficult for her to form friendships.
Synonyms
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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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3.1
A general feeling that other people cannot be trusted
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4.0
A feeling of not trusting someone or something
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7.8
A feeling of doubt or not trusting something
A feeling of not trusting other people
A feeling of being careful and suspicious about people or things that may be unsafe
Antonyms
How Distrustful
- Specialized
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8.2
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5.4
- US
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5.1
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5.4
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2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
suspiciousness = suspicious (transparent) = suspicious + ness
Standard nominalization of the adjective 'suspicious' with '-ness'; the noun's meaning is directly derived from the adjective.
Etymology
Suspiciousness comes from parts sub- 'under' and specere 'to look', the same root you see in words like suspect and inspect. So suspiciousness is like 'looking under' the surface for hidden reasons, which explains why it means a habit of doubting or not trusting others.