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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) Philosophy.
    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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپ, noun
  • ˈپԱ, noun
  • ˈپ, adjective
  • ˈپly, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·t noun
  • ԴDz·t adjective noun
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yvlog 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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He has said vitamin A can treat a measles outbreak in Texas, and has named vaccine skeptic David Geier to help study whether vaccines are connected to autism — a theory that has been discredited.

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President Trump, a crypto skeptic in his first term, touted the United States as a "bitcoin superpower" at the Blockworks Digital Asset Summit in New York City last week.

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Taylor has surprised his skeptics after gaining momentum in recent weeks.

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Even shovels in the ground, Fisher said, might not satisfy the skeptics.

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This war reminded everyone — Europe, China and even the skeptics at home — who exactly is the world’s leading power.

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