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sceptic
[ skep-tik ]
sceptic
1/ ˈskɛptɪk /
noun
- a person who habitually doubts the authenticity of accepted beliefs
- a person who mistrusts people, ideas, etc, in general
- a person who doubts the truth of religion, esp Christianity
adjective
- of or relating to sceptics; sceptical
Sceptic
2/ ˈskɛptɪk /
noun
- a member of one of the ancient Greek schools of philosophy, esp that of Pyrrho, who believed that real knowledge of things is impossible
adjective
- of or relating to the Sceptics
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Derived Forms
- ˈscepticism, noun
- ˈScepticism, noun
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Other Words From
- anti·sceptic noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sceptic1
C16: from Latin scepticus, from Greek skeptikos one who reflects upon, from skeptesthai to consider
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Example Sentences
Eco-sceptic Brits weary of seeing their green and pleasant land despoiled with wind turbines, nodded their heads in agreement.
From The Daily Beast
For, incredible as the sceptic may regard it, these two had met in visions long before they encountered one another in the flesh.
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Napoleon, himself a sceptic, was cognizant of this slave philosophy.
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The sceptic, disillusioned, is stated to have failed to appreciate the joke!
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There is no sceptic who does not feel that many have doubted before.
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And there really is no need to throw the whole universe at the head of the sceptic.
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