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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 Word Forms
- t·t noun
- ԴDz·t adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Since they first conceived of the study, President Trump took office and appointed as secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic and skeptic of established vaccine science.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again — this time from political skeptics or foes across the political spectrum.
That hasn’t stopped Health and Human Services from recently appointing a discredited vaccine skeptic to investigate this link.
Five years on, science skeptics now sit in the highest offices.
I arrived a tinned fish skeptic and left a newfound fan — so much so, that I took home tins of Fishwife’s Cantabrian Anchovies in Extra Virgin Olive Oil and their Lemon Zest Salt.
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