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Vinony

suspiciousness

noun

  1. The quality of being prone to distrust, paranoia
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English suspicious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English suspiciousness From suspicious + -ness.

  1. The state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of arousing suspicion.
  2. The state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of being distrustful or tending to suspect.