skeptic
or scep·tic
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.
(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.
pertaining to skeptics or skepticism; skeptical.
(initial capital letter) pertaining to the Skeptics.
Origin of skeptic
1synonym study For skeptic
Other words for skeptic
Opposites for skeptic
Other words from skeptic
- an·ti·skep·tic, noun
- non·skep·tic, adjective, noun
Words that may be confused with skeptic
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British Dictionary definitions for skeptic
/ (ˈskɛptɪk) /
an archaic, and the usual US, spelling of sceptic
Derived forms of skeptic
- skeptical, adjective
- skeptically, adverb
- skepticalness, noun
- skepticism, noun
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