Distrust

Distrust is a lack of confidence in another person, group, or institution, often involving suspicion about motives, reliability, or truthfulness.

Trust: Trust is willingness to accept vulnerability based on positive expectations about another party’s intentions or conduct. Distrust is trust’s counterpart: it withholds confidence where trust would permit vulnerability.
Attachment theory: Attachment theory explains how early relationships shape patterns of emotional connection and expectations of availability. Early expectations of care can influence how readily people trust others.
Organizational trust: Organizational trust is confidence among people working within or dealing with an organization. Distrust among colleagues or toward management changes cooperation, reporting, and decision-making.
Skepticism: Skepticism is a habit of questioning claims and withholding assent until adequate evidence is available. Skepticism tests claims without necessarily suspecting the claimant’s motives.
Betrayal: Betrayal is the violation of a relationship’s expectations of loyalty, fidelity, or confidence. A perceived betrayal can turn prior confidence into suspicion and withdrawal.
Erik Erikson: Erik Erikson was a developmental psychologist known for a theory of psychosocial stages across the lifespan. His first developmental stage frames basic trust and mistrust as early social expectations.
Institutional trust: Institutional trust is confidence that public or private institutions act competently and fairly. Distrust in institutions affects whether people accept their decisions and guidance.
Cynicism: Cynicism is a generalized belief that people are chiefly motivated by self-interest. Cynicism extends suspicion into a broad judgment about human motives.
Suspicion: Suspicion is a belief that someone may be acting deceptively or with harmful intent, without conclusive proof. It is the motive-focused doubt that often accompanies distrust.
Social contract: Social contract theory explains political authority through actual or hypothetical agreements among people. Political cooperation depends on confidence that others and governing institutions will honor shared rules.

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Trust (social science)Compared with: Distrust is trust's direct opposite and can motivate safeguards or withdrawal.