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Definitions for Skeptic
[1] a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
[2] a person who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, statements, or the character of others.
[3] a person who doubts the truth of a religion, especially Christianity, or of important elements of it.
[4] (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.
[5] pertaining to skeptics or skepticism; skeptical.
[6] (initial capital letter ) pertaining to the Skeptics.
[7] an archaic, and the usual US, spelling of sceptic
Words related to Skeptic
doubter, questioner, agnostic, pessimist, dissenter, cynic, infidel, misanthrope, unbeliever, atheist, heretic, apostate, nihilist, heathen, freethinker, pagan, rationalist, materialist, scoffer, profaner
Words nearby Skeptic
sken, skene, skene dhu, skep, skepful, skeptic, skeptical, skepticism, skerrick, skerry, sket
Origin of Skeptic
1565–75; < Late Latin scepticus thoughtful, inquiring (in plural Scepticī the Skeptics) < Greek skeptikós, equivalent to sképt(esthai ) to consider, examine (akin to skopeîn to look; see -scope) + -ikos -ic
Words that may be confused with Skeptic
cynic, optimist, pessimist, skeptic
Other words from Skeptic
an·ti·skep·tic , noun
non·skep·tic , adjective, noun
Synonyms for Skeptic
agnostic, cynic, dissenter, doubter, pessimist, questioner, apostate, atheist, disbeliever, freethinker, heathen, heretic, infidel, materialist, misanthrope, misbeliever, nihilist, pagan, rationalist, scoffer, unbeliever, doubting Thomas, profaner