skepticism

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

Also spelled scepticism

US /ˈskɛp.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/
noun Freq #30621

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    doubt about the truth of something

    My skepticism over the results caused me to write a rebuttal.

  2. 2
    noun

    the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

    The room was filled with scepticism of the preacher's claims.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · doubt about the truth of... incredulity
2 noun · the disbelief in any claims... agnosticism
Opposites
Word family
Forms skepticisms
Derived forms antiskepticismeuro-skepticismeuroskepticismneuroskepticismoverskepticismpseudoskepticismtechnoskepticism
Related forms skepticskeptical

Etymology

From New Latin scepticismus; equivalent to skeptic + -ism.

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