- a variation of skepticism.
scepticism
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Scepticism about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 shots is high in India, particularly in rural areas, officials say, and misinformation via social media platforms and word-of-mouth could undermine the effort.
From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2021
Scepticism over the Tour’s approach to Covid-19, with positive tests still in single digits but rising, jarred with competitors.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2020
Scepticism greeted his claims of box office success.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2018
Scepticism has grown in other countries, too: the Netherlands has given up the use of handwriting analysis, for instance.
From Economist • Jul. 16, 2015
London, 1882, 8vo.- xxiii - Young, J. R.—Modern Scepticism, viewed in relation to Modern Science; more especially in reference to the doctrines of Colenso, Huxley, Lyell, and Darwin, etc.
From Life of Charles Darwin by Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas)
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