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skep⋅ti⋅cism
[skep-tuh-siz-uh
m]
–noun
| 1. | skeptical attitude or temper; doubt. |
| 2. | doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion, esp. Christianity. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter ) the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Skeptics; universal doubt. |
Also, scepticism.
Synonyms:
1. questioning, probing, testing. 2. disbelief, atheism, agnosticism.
1. questioning, probing, testing. 2. disbelief, atheism, agnosticism.
Antonyms:
2. faith.
2. faith.
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skep·ti·cism also scep·ti·cism (skěp'tĭ-sĭz'əm) n.
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Skepticism
Skep"ti*cism\, n. [Cf. F. scepticisme.] [Written also scepticism.]1. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty. That momentary amazement, and irresolution, and confusion, which is the result of skepticism. --Hune. 2. (Metaph.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles. 3. (Theol.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God. Let no . . . secret skepticism lead any one to doubt whether this blessed prospect will be realized. --S. Miller.
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Language Translation for : skepticism
Spanish:
escepticismo,
German:
die Skepsis,
Japanese:
懐疑
skepticism
In philosophy, the position that what cannot be proved by reason should not be believed. One of the main tasks of epistemology is to find an answer to the charge of some extreme skeptics that no knowledge is possible.
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