SCEPTIC
\skˈɛptɪk], \skˈɛptɪk], \s_k_ˈɛ_p_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of SCEPTIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who is sceptical: (theol.) one who doubts or denies the existence of God or the truths of revelation.
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SCEPTICALLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] One who doubts or disbelieves; one who calls in question or denies any fact, truth, or doctrine;-one who doubts the commonly received facts, principles, laws, or truths in philosophy or religion;—a Pyrrhonist; one who doubts the certainty of truth or knowledge in the universe, one who doubts the existence of God; atheist;-one who doubts the truth of revelation, or the facts and doctrines of Christianity; unbeliever; rationalist.
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