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1. (n.) skeptic
a person who questions the validity, authenticity, or truth of something purporting to be factual, esp. religion or religious tenets.
2. skeptic
a person who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, or the character of others.
3. skeptic
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4. skeptic
a member of a philosophical school of ancient Greece which maintained that real knowledge of things is impossible.
5. skeptic
any later thinker who doubts or questions the possibility of real knowledge of any kind.
6. (adj.) skeptic
(cap.) pertaining to the Skeptics.
Etymology: (1565–75; < LL scepticus thoughtful, inquiring (in pl. Scepticī the Skeptics) < Gk skeptikós, der. of -skept(os), v. adj. of sképtesthai to consider, examine)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) skeptic, sceptic, doubter
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
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1. (noun) skeptic
sb who is doubtful about or does not believe sth
Some skeptics believe that global warming is not caused by humans.
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1. (adj) skeptic
alt. of Skeptical
2. (noun) skeptic
one who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons
3. (noun) skeptic
a doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist
4. (noun) skeptic
a person who doubts the existence and perfections of God, or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of the Christian religion
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