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–noun, adjective

skeptic.

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n. Variant of skeptic.

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skep·tic also scep·tic Audio Help (skěp'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.

One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions.
One inclined to skepticism in religious matters.
Philosophy
1. often Skeptic An adherent of a school of skepticism.
2. Skeptic A member of an ancient Greek school of skepticism, especially that of Pyrrho of Elis (360?-272? B.C.).

[Latin Scepticus, disciple of Pyrrho of Elis, from Greek Skeptikos, from skeptesthai, to examine; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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sceptic

British spelling of skeptic (q.v.).

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sceptic
noun
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs [syn: skeptic]

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sceptic [ˈskeptik] noun

a person who is unwilling to believe
Example: Most people now accept this theory, but there are a few sceptics.

Arabic:	مُتَشَكِّك
Chinese (Simplified):	怀疑论者
Chinese (Traditional):	懷疑論者
Czech:	skeptik
Danish:	skeptiker
Dutch:	scepticus
Estonian:	skeptik
Finnish:	skeptikko
French:	sceptique
German:	der, *die Skeptiker(in)
Greek:	σκεπτικιστής, αμφισβητίας
Icelandic:	efasemdarmaður
Indonesian:	orang skeptis
Italian:	scettico

Japanese:	懐疑論者
Latvian:	skeptiķis
Lithuanian:	skeptikas
Norwegian:	skeptiker
Polish:	sceptyk
Portuguese (Brazil):	cético
Portuguese (Portugal):	céptico
Russian:	скептик
Slovak:	skeptik
Slovenian:	dvomljivec
Spanish:	escéptico
Swedish:	skeptiker, tvivlare
Turkish:	kuşkucu kişi

See also: sceptical, scepticism

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Sceptic

In"fi*del\, n. One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; especially, one who does not believe in the divine origin and authority of Christianity; a Mohammedan; a heathen; a freethinker.

Note: Infidel is used by English writers to translate the equivalent word used Mohammedans in speaking of Christians and other disbelievers in Mohammedanism.

Syn: Infidel, Unbeliever, Freethinker, Deist, Atheist, Sceptic, Agnostic.

Usage: An infidel, in common usage, is one who denies Christianity and the truth of the Scriptures. Some have endeavored to widen the sense of infidel so as to embrace atheism and every form of unbelief; but this use does not generally prevail. A freethinker is now only another name for an infidel. An unbeliever is not necessarily a disbeliever or infidel, because he may still be inquiring after evidence to satisfy his mind; the word, however, is more commonly used in the extreme sense. A deist believes in one God and a divine providence, but rejects revelation. An atheist denies the being of God. A sceptic is one whose faith in the credibility of evidence is weakened or destroyed, so that religion, to the same extent, has no practical hold on his mind. An agnostic remains in a state of suspended judgment, neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal Deity.

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