skeptic
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈskɛptɪk/
- US
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escéptico
- Being a lifelong skeptic, he often challenges widely accepted beliefs.
- skeptic and skepticism
- a skeptic's view
- moral skeptic
I know I am a total skeptic when it comes to UFOs.
- I know I am a total skeptic when it comes to UFOs.
- And you're going to have skeptics and critics all the time.
- It's getting harder to find like true crypto skeptics in DC.
- And one of them is actually going to be a skeptic who's also a priest, right?
- So I'm a big skeptic about cyclical theories of history.
- I was originally a skeptic about this.
- So I've long been a, you know, an infrastructure sceptic.
- Now, I'm a scientist and intrinsically in my heart of hearts, I'm a skeptic.
- And you can present that kind of case to someone who would be a skeptic.
- And, you know, my days of extreme skepticism about that, well, I'm still a skeptic.
Examples
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I was originally a skeptic about this.
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I guess I was a bit of a skeptic back then.
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We talked to a skeptic who said it's possible you might be lying.
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I am a proud skeptic.
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How can you be a skeptic?
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While most of the press was positive, there remained one powerful skeptic.
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Look, I'm a skeptic when it comes to ghosts.
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I know I am a total skeptic when it comes to UFOs.
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I was a skeptic of Bigfoot until I saw what I saw.
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My sister-in-law is something of a skeptic.
Synonyms
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7.0
A person who often says that plans or ideas will not work
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4.2
A person who does not believe something is true or is unsure about it
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7.2
A person who is not sure whether God exists or a claim is true
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7.5
A person who does not believe something without clear proof
A person who doubts that we can know anything for certain
Antonyms
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3.2
A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea
How Skeptical
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word skeptic comes from the Greek skeptikos, which means 'to look' or 'to examine'. So a skeptic is someone who looks closely at ideas and asks for proof, which is why skeptics doubt claims until they see evidence.