Suspicion
noun
The feeling or belief that someone is guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest.
His strange behaviour made me have suspicion.
Often appears as...
- under suspicion
- arouse suspicion
noun
A very small amount of something.
Add a suspicion of salt to the soup.
Often appears as...
- suspicion of salt
- suspicion of garlic
noun
An idea or belief without certain proof.
There's a suspicion that he cheated on the test
Often appears as...
- suspicions of cheating
- suspicions of fraud
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Academic
noun
The feeling or belief that someone is guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest.
His strange behaviour made me have suspicion.
Often appears as...
- under suspicion
- arouse suspicion
noun
A very small amount of something.
Add a suspicion of salt to the soup.
Often appears as...
- suspicion of salt
- suspicion of garlic
noun
An idea or belief without certain proof.
There's a suspicion that he cheated on the test
Often appears as...
- suspicions of cheating
- suspicions of fraud
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, suggesting you think someone did something wrong.
The neighbors viewed him with suspicion after items went missing.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Yet Proven
Implies a belief that is not yet confirmed by evidence.
There's a suspicion she's hiding something, but no proof yet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cause of Action
Can prompt someone to investigate further to find out the truth.
His evasive answers raised suspicion among the interviewers.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, suggesting you think someone did something wrong.
The neighbors viewed him with suspicion after items went missing.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Yet Proven
Implies a belief that is not yet confirmed by evidence.
There's a suspicion she's hiding something, but no proof yet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cause of Action
Can prompt someone to investigate further to find out the truth.
His evasive answers raised suspicion among the interviewers.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, suggesting you think someone did something wrong.
The neighbors viewed him with suspicion after items went missing.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Yet Proven
Implies a belief that is not yet confirmed by evidence.
There's a suspicion she's hiding something, but no proof yet.
Pro Tip 3/3Cause of Action
Can prompt someone to investigate further to find out the truth.
His evasive answers raised suspicion among the interviewers.
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Drug-Trafficking Granny...
off or anything it was just basically I wanted to talk to her I asked her where she was going she was going to go shopping she was a regular crosser she had given me her crossing document and I was getting ready to release her then the woman's behavior raises Ovilus is suspicion I asked her if she had anything on her person I was just
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Chris Downey: Design...
and it's a whole other story. And I don't know who's watching who, but I have a suspicion that a lot of people are watching me. And I'm not paranoid, but everywhere I go, I'm getting all sorts of Go here, move there, watch out for this. A lot of the information is good. Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed.
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Rob Knight: How our...
So this came out in a scientific journal a few years ago, but more importantly, it was featured on Miami," so you really know it's true. So where do our microbes come from in the first place? Well if, as I do, you have dogs or kids, you probably have some dark suspicions about that, all of which are true, by the way.
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
whole greeting ceremony is so important that it means that in an interruption has to happen from the suckling even if that means that June puts her face right onto all right on to pretties nose to say come on come and greet me now I have a suspicion that in this drainage that's
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How to disagree...
The suspicions that you hold about people who espouse beliefs that you don't have, starts to evaporate. Because you can imagine yourself stepping into those shoes. And as you're stepping into those, you're embracing the humility of uncertainty.
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Machine intelligence...
We need the opposite. We need to cultivate algorithm suspicion, scrutiny and investigation. We need to make sure we have algorithmic accountability, auditing and meaningful transparency. We need to accept that bringing math and computation
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Your body vs. implants -...
anything they believe shouldn’t be there. But the consequence of this constant surveillance is that our bodies treat helpful implants, like insulin pumps, with the same suspicion as they would a harmful virus or bacteria.
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Magic that breaks the...
back to back with me so nobody can I can't see I will start first so there's no suspicion I want you to start drawing yours now oops i jus it a little backwards I think I thought of Switzerland for some reason yeah i'm
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Inés Hercovich: Why...
And then doubts, questions and suspicion will creep in. And that is going to make us feel really bad and guilty. So to protect ourselves from the discomfort, we have an option.
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Black Bear Mother and...
even close up their suspicion isn't aroused adult to remain blissfully
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Drug-Trafficking Granny...
off or anything it was just basically I wanted to talk to her I asked her where she was going she was going to go shopping she was a regular crosser she had given me her crossing document and I was getting ready to release her then the woman's behavior raises Ovilus is suspicion I asked her if she had anything on her person I was just
Video examples
Chris Downey: Design...
and it's a whole other story. And I don't know who's watching who, but I have a suspicion that a lot of people are watching me. And I'm not paranoid, but everywhere I go, I'm getting all sorts of Go here, move there, watch out for this. A lot of the information is good. Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed.
Video examples
Rob Knight: How our...
So this came out in a scientific journal a few years ago, but more importantly, it was featured on Miami," so you really know it's true. So where do our microbes come from in the first place? Well if, as I do, you have dogs or kids, you probably have some dark suspicions about that, all of which are true, by the way.
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
whole greeting ceremony is so important that it means that in an interruption has to happen from the suckling even if that means that June puts her face right onto all right on to pretties nose to say come on come and greet me now I have a suspicion that in this drainage that's
Video examples
How to disagree...
The suspicions that you hold about people who espouse beliefs that you don't have, starts to evaporate. Because you can imagine yourself stepping into those shoes. And as you're stepping into those, you're embracing the humility of uncertainty.
Video examples
Machine intelligence...
We need the opposite. We need to cultivate algorithm suspicion, scrutiny and investigation. We need to make sure we have algorithmic accountability, auditing and meaningful transparency. We need to accept that bringing math and computation
Video examples
Your body vs. implants -...
anything they believe shouldn’t be there. But the consequence of this constant surveillance is that our bodies treat helpful implants, like insulin pumps, with the same suspicion as they would a harmful virus or bacteria.
Video examples
Magic that breaks the...
back to back with me so nobody can I can't see I will start first so there's no suspicion I want you to start drawing yours now oops i jus it a little backwards I think I thought of Switzerland for some reason yeah i'm
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Inés Hercovich: Why...
And then doubts, questions and suspicion will creep in. And that is going to make us feel really bad and guilty. So to protect ourselves from the discomfort, we have an option.
Video examples
Black Bear Mother and...
even close up their suspicion isn't aroused adult to remain blissfully
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Quote examples
Michael C. Hall
American Actor
I'm an actor, so I think without a character to play, a story to tell, a song to sing... there's some suspicion that there's no 'there' there. Like, if I were to just strip down and present myself, I think I'd sort of just... disappear.
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
It is clear that when you write a story that takes place in the past, you try to show what really happened in those times. But you are always moved by the suspicion that you are also showing something about our contemporary world.
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Arthur Smith
English Comedian
I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery.
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Marcel Proust
French Author
The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually. There are added to it in the course of our life things of which we have never had any suspicion.
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Christopher Lasch
American Historian
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.
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Joan Didion
American Author
I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish Musician
There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
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Petrarch
Italian Poet
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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Michael C. Hall
American Actor
I'm an actor, so I think without a character to play, a story to tell, a song to sing... there's some suspicion that there's no 'there' there. Like, if I were to just strip down and present myself, I think I'd sort of just... disappear.
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
It is clear that when you write a story that takes place in the past, you try to show what really happened in those times. But you are always moved by the suspicion that you are also showing something about our contemporary world.
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Arthur Smith
English Comedian
I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery.
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Marcel Proust
French Author
The world was not created once and for all time for each of us individually. There are added to it in the course of our life things of which we have never had any suspicion.
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Christopher Lasch
American Historian
Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.
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Joan Didion
American Author
I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish Musician
There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
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Petrarch
Italian Poet
Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.
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