Scepticism
[skeptisizm]
Definition
(-) etc. See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Written also Skepticism.] [1]. Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.[2]. Unbelief, infidelity, deism, free thinking.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Doubt, unbelief, infidelity, incredulity
ANT:Faith, belief, credulity
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Examples
- In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Edison's assertions were treated with scepticism by the scientific world, which was not then ready for the discovery and not sufficiently furnished with corroborative data. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I was so hurt by her coldness and scepticism, that the tears rose to my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The East had known religious celibates for thousands of years; in the West they were regarded with the profoundest scepticism and suspicion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That such a scepticism still obtained is evidenced by the public prints of the period. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But it is clear that his mind was not satisfied by religious scepticism, and that he was a man of very effectual curiosity and inquiry. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But Emma still shook her head in steady scepticism. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Serious persons, in search of proofs of hardened scepticism, may be interested in hearing that he showed no signs of remorse when he looked at Me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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