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sceptic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sceptic has 1 sense
- sceptic(n = noun.person) doubter, skeptic - someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs; Array is a kind of intellect, intellectual
has particulars: doubting thomas, pessimist
Derived forms adjective sceptical2, adjective sceptical1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sceptic, n. & adj. (US skeptic)
--n.
1 a person inclined to doubt all accepted opinions; a cynic.
2 a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions.
3 hist. a person who accepts the philosophy of Pyrrhonism.
--adj. = SCEPTICAL.
--n.
1 a person inclined to doubt all accepted opinions; a cynic.
2 a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions.
3 hist. a person who accepts the philosophy of Pyrrhonism.
--adj. = SCEPTICAL.
Derivative
scepticism n.
Etymology
F sceptique or L scepticus f. Gk skeptikos (as SCEPSIS)
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