What does is “cynical confidence” mean?
I know that cynical means something along the lines of believing the worst in people, but how does this word coincide with confidence? What does this quote mean?
Doyou think the witness had cynical confidence? I do.
How do you interpret this phrase?
In To Death A Mockingbird the phrase is used.
The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Maycomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the evil assumption that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one
What are the characteristics of being considered as cynical in a case? They confidently believe that the court, judge or jury will believe their false testimony. They nay they believe.
What is an example expanding on a sentence? Re: To Kill A Mockingbird (2017): (Full Text Set) No soundtrack / song by Joanna Mecklenburg.
The defense witness had cynical confidence as he thought the jury were fools who would believe anything said by a man wearing such a magnificent moustache!
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