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DISTRUSTFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distrustfulness mean?
• DISTRUSTFULNESS (noun)
The noun DISTRUSTFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of not trusting others
Familiarity information: DISTRUSTFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of not trusting others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
distrust; distrustfulness; mistrust
Hypernyms ("distrustfulness" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distrustfulness"):
suspicion; suspiciousness (being of a suspicious nature)
Derivation:
distrustful (having or showing distrust)
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