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skeptic

Or ·پ

[skep-tik]

noun

  1. a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.

  2. a person who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, statements, or the character of others.

  3. a person who doubts the truth of a religion, especially Christianity, or of important elements of it.

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  4. (initial capital letter)

    1. a member of a philosophical school of ancient Greece, the earliest group of which consisted of Pyrrho and his followers, who maintained that real knowledge of things is impossible.

    2. any later thinker who doubts or questions the possibility of real knowledge of any kind.



adjective

  1. pertaining to skeptics or skepticism; skeptical.

  2. (initial capital letter)pertaining to the Skeptics.

skeptic

/ ˈɛɪ /

noun

  1. an archaic, and the usual US, spelling of sceptic

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • antiskeptic noun
  • nonskeptic adjective
  • ˈپ noun
  • ˈپԱ noun
  • ˈپ adjective
  • ˈپly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skeptic1

1565–75; < Late Latin scepticus thoughtful, inquiring (in plural پī the Skeptics) < Greek پó, equivalent to é ( esthai ) to consider, examine (akin to DZî to look; -scope ) + -ikos -ic
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The goal is to engage skeptics and fans alike from the comfort of their couch.

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Onscreen, she excels at playing skeptics who are privately amused by the shenanigans of attaching yourself to another person.

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The company will have to convince skeptics like Klein to hand over their biometric data.

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The Senate on Thursday confirmed vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration.

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Even Trump was a skeptic in his first term.

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