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1. (n.) skepticism
skeptical attitude or temper.
2. skepticism
doubt or unbelief regarding religion.
3. skepticism
(cap.) the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Skeptics.
Etymology: (1640–50)
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1. (noun) incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection
doubt about the truth of something
2. (noun) agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism
the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
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1. (noun) skepticism
the feeling of being skeptical
Her skepticism kept her from participating.
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1. (noun) skepticism
an undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty
2. (noun) skepticism
the doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles
3. (noun) skepticism
a doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God
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