Skeptical
['skɛptɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.
(a.) Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Written also Sceptical.] Doubting, disbelieving, incredulous.
Typist: Rex
Definition
adj. pertaining to the philosophical school in ancient Greece of Pyrrho and his successors: doubting: hesitating to admit the certainty of doctrines or principles: (theol.) doubting or denying the truth of revelation.—ns. Scep′sis Skep′sis philosophic doubt; Scep′tic one who is sceptical: (theol.) one who doubts or denies the existence of God or the truths of revelation.—adv. Scep′tically.—n. Scep′ticalness.—v.i. Scep′ticise to act the sceptic.—n. Scep′ticism that condition in which the mind is before it has arrived at conclusive opinions: doubt: the doctrine that no facts can be certainly known: agnosticism: (theol.) doubt of the existence of God or the truth of revelation.
Typist: Michael
Examples
- At one time the Astronomer Royal had felt very skeptical about the possibility of the discovery which his own labors had contributed to advance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I was skeptical, but you finally convinced me; so now I am positive that toward the south we must travel to reach our friends. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The public was skeptical, however, and some averred that he was a lightning calculator who did sums in his head and printed them on the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So skeptical were the farmers that it was seven years before one bought a reaper of him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A vast amount of educational work had to be done before a skeptical public would accept the telephone at its true value, yet courage and persistency triumphed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was a thing unprecedented in Smyrna at that time of the year, and scared some of the most skeptical. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Michael