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单词 skepticism
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skepticism

or scep·ti·cism

[ skep-tuh-siz-uhm ]
/ ˈskɛp təˌsɪz əm /
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noun

skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion, especially Christianity.
(initial capital letter) the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Skeptics; universal doubt.

Origin of skepticism

1640–50; <New Latin scepticismus, equivalent to Latin sceptic(us) skeptic + -ismus-ism

SYNONYMS FOR skepticism

1 questioning, probing, testing.
2 disbelief, atheism, agnosticism.
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ANTONYMS FOR skepticism

2 faith.
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OTHER WORDS FROM skepticism

an·ti·skep·ti·cism, noun

Words nearby skepticism

skene dhu, skep, skepful, skeptic, skeptical, skepticism, skerrick, skerry, sket, sketch, sketchable
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Cultural definitions for skepticism

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.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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