Skepticism
['skɛptɪ,sɪzəm]
解釋/意思:
(n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
(n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.
(n.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. [Written also Scepticism.] [1]. Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.[2]. Unbelief, infidelity, free-thinking.
校對:奥斯瓦德
例句/造句/用法:
- Wells' little essay: Skepticism of the Instrument. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Those who support a hypothesis should bring it to the test of rigid verification, avoiding skepticism, shunning credulity. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The experiments wer e now definitely abandoned, and the inventor was overwhelmed by the sense of failure, and still more by the skepticism with which the pu blic had regarded his endeavors. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I think God will forgive us our skepticism sooner than our Inquisitions. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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