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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024skep•tic or scep•tic /ˈskɛptɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one who questions the validity of something that others believe to be factual, esp. religious beliefs.
- one who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, etc.
adj. - skeptical.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024skep•tic (skep′tik),USA pronunciation n. - a person who questions the validity or authenticity of something purporting to be factual.
- a person who maintains a doubting attitude, as toward values, plans, statements, or the character of others.
- Religiona person who doubts the truth of a religion, esp. Christianity, or of important elements of it.
- Philosophy(cap.)
- 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.
adj. - pertaining to skeptics or skepticism;
skeptical. - Philosophy(cap.) pertaining to the Skeptics.
Also, sceptic. - Greek skeptikós, equivalent. to sképt(esthai) to consider, examine (akin to skopeîn to look; see -scope) + -ikos -ic
- Late Latin scepticus thoughtful, inquiring (in plural Scepticī the Skeptics)
- 1565–75
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged doubter. See atheist.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged believer.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: skeptic /ˈskɛptɪk/ n , adj - an archaic, and the usual US, spelling of sceptic
scep•tic /ˈskɛptɪk/USA pronunciation n., adj. - skeptic.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scep•tic (skep′tik),USA pronunciation n., adj. - skeptic.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sceptic, archaic US skeptic /ˈskɛptɪk/ n - a person who habitually doubts the authenticity of accepted beliefs
- a person who mistrusts people, ideas, etc, in general
- a person who doubts the truth of religion, esp Christianity
adj - of or relating to sceptics; sceptical
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin scepticus, from Greek skeptikos one who reflects upon, from skeptesthai to considerˈscepticism, archaic US ˈskepticism n |