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skeptic
[ skep-tik ]
noun
- a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- a person who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, statements, or the character of others.
- a person who doubts the truth of a religion, especially Christianity, or of important elements of it.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- (initial capital letter) Philosophy.
- 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.
- any later thinker who doubts or questions the possibility of real knowledge of any kind.
adjective
- pertaining to skeptics or skepticism; skeptical.
- (initial capital letter) pertaining to the Skeptics.
skeptic
/ ˈɛɪ /
noun
- an archaic, and the usual US, spelling of sceptic
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, noun
- ˈپԱ, noun
- ˈپ, adjective
- ˈپly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- t·t noun
- ԴDz·t adjective noun
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Example Sentences
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.
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.
Taylor has surprised his skeptics after gaining momentum in recent weeks.
Even shovels in the ground, Fisher said, might not satisfy the skeptics.
This war reminded everyone — Europe, China and even the skeptics at home — who exactly is the world’s leading power.
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