Definition of sceptic Sceptic
/skˈɛptɪk/ - scep•tic
We found 7 definitions of sceptic from 6 different sources.
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sceptic - /skˈɛptɪk/
American English
skeptic - /skɛˈptɪk/
What does sceptic mean?
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| sceptic - someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs | ||
| skeptic, doubter | ||
| intellectual, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively | ||
| doubting thomas someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sceptic (Noun)
Someone who is undecided as to what is true and enquires after facts. - sceptic (Noun)
Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs and claims presented by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sceptic
Alt. of Scepticism
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sceptic
Someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims presented as accepted by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sceptic
-al, Skeptic, -al, skep′tik, -al, 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. [L. scepticus—Gr. skeptikos, thoughtful, skeptesthai, to consider.]
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🔤- sceptic, noun, singular of sceptics.
- sceptic, adjective.
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