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scepticism

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scep·ti·cism  (skpt-szm)
n.
Variant of skepticism.
skepticism, scepticism
a personal disposition toward doubt or incredulity of facts, persons, or institutions. See also 312. PHILOSOPHY. — skeptic, n., adj. — skeptical, adj.
See also: Attitudes
the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Skeptics, especially the doctrine that a true knowledge of things is impossible or that all knowledge is uncertain. Cf. Pyrrhonism. — Skeptic, Sceptic, n.
See also: Philosophy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scepticism - the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
agnosticism, skepticism
unbelief, disbelief - a rejection of belief
scepticism
noun doubt, suspicion, disbelief, cynicism, incredulity, Pyrrhonism The report has inevitably been greeted with scepticism.
Translations
scepticism skepticism (US) [ˈskeptɪsɪzəm] N → escepticismo m
scepticism [ˈskɛptɪsɪzəm] (British) skepticism (US) n → scepticisme m
scepticism, (US) skepticism
n → Skepsis f → (about gegenüber)
scepticism skepticism (Am) [ˈskɛptɪˌsɪz/əm] n → scetticismo
scepticism skepticism (Am) [ˈskɛptɪˌsɪz/əm] n → scetticismo


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There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations, and at the last one pause: --through infancy's unconscious spell, boyhood's thoughtless faith, adolescence' doubt (the common doom), then scepticism, then disbelief, resting at last in manhood's pondering repose of If.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
It has been often remarked that Descartes, having begun by dismissing all presuppositions, introduces several: he passes almost at once from scepticism to dogmatism.
Meno by Plato View in context
--she maintained her bitter scepticism, and the curtain fell on her dancing recklessly with the others, after Armand had been sent away with his flower.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
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