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scepticism

[ skep-tuh-siz-uhm ]

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  • anti·scepti·cism noun
  • over·scepti·cism noun

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In 2020, the initiative gained even more momentum as India tried to position itself as an alternative to China amid a growing global scepticism against the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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For all my scepticism, I had an unexpectedly romantic evening.

He was different from Dick Faversham, who in a frank, schoolboy way had declared his scepticism.

A few hours earlier he would have done it without hesitating; but, since he had been there, he had learned distrust, scepticism.

He thus, by bringing these into the region of inquiry, paved the way for a new epoch of scepticism.

The information was received with some amount of scepticism, but the following day was appointed for an interview with him.

His scepticism was universal, and extended to religion, to philosophy, and to everything venerated and ancient.

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