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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
Edmund Burke

Meaning of "suspicion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUSPICION

From Old French sospeçon, from Latin suspīciō distrust, from suspicere to mistrust.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SUSPICION

suspicion  [səˈspɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUSPICION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Suspicion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUSPICION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Suspicion

Suspicion may refer to: ▪ Suspicion, a feeling of distrust or perceived guilt for someone or something...

Definition of suspicion in the English dictionary

The first definition of suspicion in the dictionary is the act or an instance of suspecting; belief without sure proof, esp that something is wrong. Other definition of suspicion is the feeling of mistrust of a person who suspects. Suspicion is also the state of being suspected.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUSPICION


apician
əˈpɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
position
pəˈzɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
recognition
ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən
recreation
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən
registration
ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
situation
ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən
station
ˈsteɪʃən
submission
səbˈmɪʃən
tradition
trəˈdɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
transmission
trænzˈmɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən
unsuspicion
ˌʌnsəˈspɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUSPICION

suspension file
suspension point
suspension points
suspensive
suspensively
suspensiveness
suspensoid
suspensor
suspensorial
suspensories
suspensorium
suspensory
suspercollate
suspicionless
suspicious
suspiciously
suspiciousness
suspiration
suspire
suspirious

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUSPICION

above suspicion
accreditation
action
addition
administration
animation
application
association
attention
attraction
attribution
auction
certification
champion
citation
coercion
epinicion
on suspicion
scion
under suspicion

Synonyms and antonyms of suspicion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SUSPICION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «suspicion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of suspicion

Translation of «suspicion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUSPICION

Find out the translation of suspicion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of suspicion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «suspicion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

怀疑
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sospecha
570 millions of speakers

English

suspicion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संदेह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подозрение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

suspeita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সন্দেহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soupçon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syak wasangka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verdacht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

>容疑
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혐의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anggepan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghi ngờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சந்தேகத்தின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शंका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şüphe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sospetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podejrzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підозра
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suspiciune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποψία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vermoede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

misstanke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mistanke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of suspicion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUSPICION»

The term «suspicion» is very widely used and occupies the 17.494 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUSPICION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «suspicion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «suspicion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about suspicion

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10 QUOTES WITH «SUSPICION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word suspicion.
1
Sade Adu
People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear.
2
Aeschines
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
3
Ian Anderson
I think we always view people who make us feel uncomfortable and appear to intrude on our middle-class cozy space, we view them with, if not hostility, at least suspicion, discomfort, embarrassment.
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Joe Arpaio
So you don't speak English, you have no ID, you can't tell where you're from... that's suspicion, it's lower than probable cause. And then we have a right to call immigration and check you out.
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Hosea Ballou
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
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Johannes Brahms
Those who enjoy their own emotionally bad health and who habitually fill their own minds with the rank poisons of suspicion, jealousy and hatred, as a rule take umbrage at those who refuse to do likewise, and they find a perverted relief in trying to denigrate them.
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Cynthia Breazeal
We have a lot of suspicion of robots in the West. But if you look cross-culturally, that isn't true. In Japan, in their science fiction, robots are seen as good. They have Astro Boy, this character they've fallen in love with and he's fundamentally good, always there to help people.
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Jan Brewer
It wouldn't matter whether you were Latino or Hispanic or Norwegian. If you didn't have proof of citizenship and if the police officer had reasonable suspicion, he would ask and verify your citizenship. I mean, that's the way that it is. That's what the federal law says. And that's what the law in Arizona says.
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Edmund Burke
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
10
Julius Caesar
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUSPICION»

Discover the use of suspicion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to suspicion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Suspicion and Faith: The Religious Uses of Modern Atheism
First, while these critiques are not, as Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud tend to suppose, the whole story about religion, they are all too true all too much of the time; and it is not the task of faith to refute the truth.
Merold Westphal, 1998
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Ricoeur and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion
This book offers an original and insightful examination of Ricoeur's hermeneutics, a central concept in his work.
Alison Scott-Baumann, 2009
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Suspicion
Reed Brennan thought that a winter break in the islands with some of the Billings Girls, old and new, was just what she needed to recover from her traumatic last term at Easton.
Kate Brian, 2012
4
Suspicion
An amnesiac man and a woman stranded in a city of robots, Derec and Katherine are the only logical suspects in a case of murder, and their identities and the name of the murderer are two of the mysteries to be solved. Reprint.
Mike McQuay, 2004
5
Suspicion
For years, Sheriff Hal Benson has been sweet on Meg Scott.
Ginny Aiken, 2008
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Beyond Suspicion
Two days later, Jessie's body turns up floating in Jack's bathtub. As the evidence mounts against him, Jack finds himself on a collision course with dark secrets from the past and a possible killer is beyond suspicion.
James Grippando, 2009
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Above Suspicion
In a true story of crime, guilt, and conscience, a model agent's illicit involvement with an informant leads him to commit a crime that reveals all the workings of the human heart--and the dark side of the FBI.
Joe Sharkey, 1993
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Security and Suspicion: An Ethnography of Everyday Life in ...
This book offers a way to understand why security propagates the very fears and suspicions it is supposed to reduce.
Juliana Ochs, 2011
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Suspicion: A Novel
Suspicion is an irresistible and addictively compelling tale about a woman who is both haunted and hunted.
Barbara Rogan, 2012
10
Cloud of Suspicion
"What's he doing back in town?" With his black leather jacket, Patrick Rivers looks every inch the bad boy the townsfolk believe him to be. Ten years ago, he left Loomis, Louisiana, under a cloud of suspicion.
Patricia Davids, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUSPICION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term suspicion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ty Lawson arrested on suspicion of DUI for second time this year
Ty Lawson was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Los Angeles early Tuesday morning, the Denver Nuggets point guard's second DUI arrest ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
2
Hastings hospice fire: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after …
“We are now treating this as murder and a 67-year-old man arrested on suspicion of arson has now been further arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder.”. «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Ex-NFL quarterback arrested on suspicion of DUI
PHOENIX — Former National Football League quarterback Donovan McNabb was arrested in Arizona last month on suspicion of drunken driving after colliding ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
4
Toyota's top female executive arrested on suspicion of drug law …
Toyota said Wednesday, July 1, 2015, the US executive arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug law violations has resigned. (Tsutomu Agechi/Kyodo News via ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
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Toyota Executive Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Drug Offense
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Chief Communications Officer Julie Hamp was arrested in Japan on suspicion of violating the country's drug laws, a police spokesman said ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
6
Danny Cipriani arrested on suspicion of drink driving
Danny Cipriani must wait until early August to discover whether he faces any charges following his arrest this week on suspicion of drink-driving, leaving his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
7
Claudia Lawrence: three men arrested on suspicion of missing …
Three men in their 50s have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of missing chef Claudia Lawrence, North Yorkshire police have said. The men are from ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
8
Four people arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terrorism
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism at Manchester Airport, as part of investigations launched by police after nine people were detained in ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
9
Two British teenagers arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts
A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl have been arrested on suspicion of ... Both were detained on suspicion of terrorism-related offences and bailed until 28 ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
10
Jerry Springer, Rosie Producer Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering …
A woman who has worked as a producer on daytime shows including Jerry Springer, Sally Jessy Raphael and Rosie was arrested on suspicion of murdering ... «TV Guide, Mar 15»

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