a healthy disrespect for silly regulationsscepticismscep‧ti‧cis‧m British English, skepticism American English /ˈskeptɪsɪzəm/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
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- Accordingly, sophisticated econometric analyses of balance of payments behaviour should be treated with strong scepticism.
- For this reason, arguments for the existence of the monster based upon visual evidence have met with a good deal of scepticism.
- He found in Byers a bracing scepticism like his own.
- I suspect this, like compulsory religious education, gave me a lifelong scepticism about obligatory elements in any curriculum.
- Like policemen, they have a hardened scepticism about humanity.
- Public scepticism and opposition had to be overcome before the system could function effectively, he said.
- Some people claim otherwise and argue vociferously for complete scepticism.
- Though greeted with nothing like the derision that met Howarth's six-page statement, the spokesmen encountered a fair degree of scepticism.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a healthy disrespect for silly regulations The local people viewed newcomers with suspicion.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
an attitude of doubting that particular claims or statements are true or that something will happen a healthy disrespect for silly regulations The local people viewed newcomers with suspicion.· There may be considerable scepticism about Pascal's case for always wagering on the outsider if the odds are high enough.· There is considerable scepticism about the measure, as the right hon. Gentleman knows.
· We can only maintain a healthy scepticism of any claims to place public welfare above private interest.· A few people, very few, had a healthy scepticism.· But this went much further than healthy scepticism.
VERB· He expressed his scepticism about the usefulness of techniques such as the envoy.· He has expressed scepticism about the significance of linguistics for language teaching.· Many community health workers attended and expressed their scepticism about moves to greater integration.
· Small wonder then that yesterday's new dawn was greeted with scepticism at the chalk face.· These findings were greeted with scepticism by the motor vehicle industry, the oil industry, and the vehicle-loving public.· This claim was greeted with scepticism by both campaigners and foreign diplomats.
· Such assertions have to be viewed with some scepticism.