suspicion
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/icons/point.icon UNCERTAINTY, DOUBT, DUBIETY, SKEPTICISM, SUSPICION, MISTRUST mean lack of sureness about someone or something.
UNCERTAINTY may range from a falling short of certainty to an almost complete lack of conviction or knowledge especially about an outcome or result.
e.g. assumed the role of manager without hesitation or uncertainty
DOUBT suggests both uncertainty and inability to make a decision.
e.g. plagued by doubts as to what to do
DUBIETY stresses a wavering between conclusions.
e.g. felt some dubiety about its practicality
SKEPTICISM implies unwillingness to believe without conclusive evidence.
e.g. an economic forecast greeted with skepticism
SUSPICION stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or someone.
e.g. regarded the stranger with suspicion
MISTRUST implies a genuine doubt based upon suspicion.
e.g. had a great mistrust of doctors
noun
1. a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true:
«…ではないかという» 感じ, 思い «(that)節» ; «…らしいとの» 疑い, 考え «of» (!通例好ましくない事柄に用いる)
e.g. she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her.
a feeling or belief that someone is guilty of an illegal, dishonest, or unpleasant action:
«…に対する» 疑惑, 嫌疑, 容疑 «about, against, for»
e.g. police would not say what aroused their suspicions
e.g. he was arrested on suspicion of murder.
2. cautious distrust:
«…に対する» 不信感, 疑念 «of»
e.g. her activities were regarded with suspicion by the headmistress.
3. a very slight trace:
｟かたい書｠ ; 〖通例a ～ of A〗 わずかな［ほんの少しの］A, Aの気配
e.g. a suspicion of a smile.
PHRASES
above suspicion
too obviously good or honest to be thought capable of wrongdoing.
under suspicion
thought to be guilty of wrongdoing.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French suspeciun, from medieval Latin suspectio(n-), from suspicere ‘mistrust’. The change in the second syllable was due to association with Old French suspicion (from Latin suspicio(n-) ‘suspicion’).