However, the reform was undermined by corrupt officials, cynicism, and quarrels within the imperial family.

Carpenter said, " The whole feeling of the nation was one of real cynicism about the President.

Her cynicism grew when one of the two pictures she submitted in 1875 was refused by the jury, only to be accepted the following year after she darkened the background.

To be an admirer of Thucydides ' History, with its deep cynicism about political, rhetorical and ideological hypocrisy, with its all too recognizable protagonists — a liberal yet imperialistic democracy and an authoritarian oligarchy, engaged in a war of attrition fought by proxy at the remote fringes of empire — was to advertise yourself as a hardheaded connoisseur of global Realpolitik.

In 2002, a remodernism art show in Albuquerque was accompanied by an essay from University of California, Berkeley art professor, Kevin Radley, who said there was a renewal of artists working without the limitation of irony and cynicism, and that there was a renewal of the sense of beauty.

The term black humor ( from the French humour noir ) was coined by the Surrealist theoretician André Breton in 1935, to designate a sub-genre of comedy and satire in which laughter arises from cynicism and skepticism, often relying on topics such as death.

Despite her cynicism, she was also known for being hurt easily.

There was much cynicism of the need for such a coin in Britain, with letters written to The Times, but the coin did indeed circulate widely in Britain and Ceylon.

Consequently, Ballard's assault was never mentioned again, either in clinical therapy or in social conversation — something that Wilson believes heavily contributed to the more self-destructive aspects of Ballard's adult personality, such as her cynicism, pessimism, and fear or mistrust of others.

For some people Dorothee Sölle was a kind of prophet of Christianity, who abolished the separation of theological science and practice of life, while for others she was a heretic, whose theories couldn't be united with the traditional understanding of God, and her ideas were therefore banned as a theological cynicism.

Toland was a man not of his time ; one who advocated principles of virtue in duty, principles that had little place in the England of Robert Walpole, governed by cynicism and self-interest.

After turning ten years old, Stan was diagnosed with cynicism, which in the series is treated as a serious medical disorder where the sufferer sees nothing but feces instead of people and animals and hear Flatulence noises during music and voices.

This episode formed a cliffhanger and set off widespread speculation that the series was coming to an end, but the premiere of the second half of the season resolved the arc as Stan was erroneously diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome and discovers Jameson Irish Whiskey cures cynicism.

Jabotinsky was a complex personality, combining cynicism and idealism.

Bereft of Jim's cynicism and physical toughness, this character was spun off for the short-lived Richie Brockelman, Private Eye.

Comics Bulletin, in a review of the " Homeland Security " story arc, states the artwork is " visual magnificence " yet is concerned about the dark writing of the characters stripped of their " super-heroic nobility " and was " disheartened by the book ’ s tone and cynicism ".

The most enduring theme of the show was the conflict between the good-natured, clear-eyed buoyancy of McCloud and the metropolitan cynicism of the residents of New York City, including his fellow officers.

The song was written about a South London slumlord and was followed by the album 101 Damnations – a critical account of life south of the River Thames, full of black humour, cynicism, wordplay and puns.

The band was unhappy, however, and this came across in the anger and cynicism of their next record, Post Historic Monsters.

Morrison has expressed on various occasions that Seaguy represents a deliberate effort to move away from conventions of the current era of comics, " I had the idea to develop Seaguy into a weapon I could use to fight back against the trendy and unconvincing ' bad-ass ' cynicism of current comics, most of which are produced by the most un -' bad-ass ' men you can possibly imagine ".

I could see the ancient cynicism reinforce itself in her eyes, and I wondered how many men she had picked up with this same gambit.

Geraldine Maillet, the celebrated French writer and former model, relates with humour and cynicism the rise and decline of the supermodels in her book Presque Top Model.

The plots of Daria largely concern juxtaposition between the central character's jaded, sardonic cynicism and the values / preoccupations of her suburban American hometown of Lawndale.

Kris makes a deal with Fred – he will work on Susan's cynicism while Fred does the same with disillusioned Doris, still unhappy about her failed marriage.

She appeared in her earlier days to be incapable of any strong attachment, but her intelligence, her cynicism and her esprit made her the centre of attraction of a brilliant circle.

Here we see most immediately the conflict between the two predominant traits of the Compson family, which Jason's mother Caroline attributes to the difference between her blood and her husband's: on the one hand, Miss Quentin's recklessness and passion, inherited from her grandfather and, ultimately, the Compson side ; on the other, Jason's ruthless cynicism, drawn from his mother's side.

This suggests that Persephone perceives and understands love, and may be disheartened by the cynicism of her husband, who seems to be driven solely by greed and lust.

This cynicism leads her to cheer against Yugi Moto and Joey Wheeler during the first half of the season.

Henry gently cautions the girl against his own vice of making clever phrases for their own sake, but he is shaken by her cynicism nevertheless.

Veronica slowly begins to outgrow her cynicism, with the help of new friends like Wallace Fennel, Cindy " Mac " Mackenzie, and Meg Manning.

She barely interacts with the other Orochi and is stone-cold in battle, though her level-headedness is more the product of cynicism and numbness than Miyako's.

In her essay, Allen asserted that wars " unleash demoralizing instincts " such as " callousness, cynicism, and greed.

A single mother whose life has gone awry, she copes with it through self-loathing, cynicism, and drug abuse, and by verbally ( and at times physically ) abusing her two daughters.

Streisand herself took a negative view of her portrayal, stating in a Mirabella interview, " I enjoy satire and parody, I wonder if shows like South Park and Beavis and Butt-head don't add to the cynicism and negativity in our culture, especially in children.

However, with " Catch Me Now I'm Falling " ( 1979 ), " Destroyer " ( 1981 ), " Clichés of the World ( B Movie )" ( 1983 ) and " Do It Again " ( 1984 ), the Davies brothers cranked out strident, heavy-riffing hard rock that conveyed an attitude of bitter cynicism and world weary disillusionment.

Apropos of what some would call cynicism, I remember an anecdote the source of which I forget.

She added: " I take from you because you are the ones dealing with all the bad institutions of our society: institutionalized poverty, institutionalized racism, institutionalized cynicism.

And I sit and watch politicians with great cynicism, total cynicism.

I have often marvelled at the friendship of these two antipodal men ... Markham was forthright, brusque, and on occasion, domineering, taking life with grim and serious concern ... Vance, on the other hand, was volatile, debonair, and possessed of a perpetual Juvenalian cynicism ... ( The Greene Murder Case )

The cynicism of the post-World War I world stilled his imaginary literature, but for the remainder of his life he continued to propagate his vision of small-town community.

Kane has described the character as being driven by cynicism and ambition: " I still think this cat looks at the glass as being half empty.

Yet a lifetime of superficiality and cynicism cannot be so easily eradicated and when fate intervenes and Pechorin ’ s horse collapses, he undertakes no further effort to reach his one hope of redemption: “ I saw how futile and senseless it was to pursue lost happiness.