sceptic
noun
sceptic
American
[skep-tik]
/ ˈskɛp tɪk /
noun
sceptic
1
British
/ ˈskɛptɪk /
noun
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a person who habitually doubts the authenticity of accepted beliefs
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a person who mistrusts people, ideas, etc, in general
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a person who doubts the truth of religion, esp Christianity
adjective
Sceptic
2
British
/ ˈskɛptɪk /
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sceptic
C16: from Latin scepticus, from Greek skeptikos one who reflects upon, from skeptesthai to consider
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Saidu, whose job is to empty sceptic tanks, is believed to have been selling the faeces to farmers to use as fertiliser - a common practice in the region, but which is rarely publicly acknowledged.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
The exodus comes as health experts voice concern over the agency's approach to immunisations under the leadership of Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
So does Kennedy - probably the country's most famous vaccine sceptic – have a point, or is he making a monumental miscalculation?
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Geier is a leading vaccine sceptic who was fined by the state of Maryland for practicing medicine without a medical degree or licence and prescribing dangerous treatments to autistic children.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
I am a sceptic as to the benefits to be derived from revolution, although professing myself a warm admirer of reformation, as I understand the word—re-formation.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
Hayley Stevens, a writer for The Sceptic magazine and a researcher of paranormal activity for about 20 years, suggests not.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
A second Daily Sceptic article NewsGuard criticized cited a Cleveland Clinic study that found those with up-to-date COVID-19 vaccines had a higher infection rate.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
The Lancet removed the study, and Daily Sceptic reported why: Its conclusions, Lancet editors said, “are not supported by the study methodology.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
He also asks the audience to dive in by posting to the #UncannyCommunity and choosing either "Team Sceptic" or "Team Believer".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
The last sentence is however to be taken as most strictly excluding "Corruption," "Intolerance," and "The Sceptic."
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
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