Definition of skeptic

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Skeptic (n.) A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist..

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Scepsis :: Scepsis (n.) Skepticism; skeptical philosophy.
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God..
Unbelief :: Unbelief (n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
Freethinker :: Freethinker (n.) One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century..
Incredulity :: Incredulity (n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
Pyrrhonist :: Pyrrhonist (n.) A follower of Pyrrho; a skeptic.
Incredulous :: Incredulous (a.) Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving..
Skepticize :: Skepticize (v. i.) To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
Unbelieving :: Unbelieving (a.) Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.
Aporetical :: Aporetical (a.) Doubting; skeptical.
Acatalepsy :: Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability..
Freethinking :: Freethinking (a.) Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical.
Pyrrhonism :: Pyrrhonism (n.) Skepticism; universal doubt.
Skeptic :: Skeptic (n.) One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.
Skeptical :: Skeptical (a.) Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures..
Skeptical :: Skeptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.
Unbeliever :: Unbeliever (n.) One who does not believe; an incredulous person; a doubter; a skeptic.
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles..
Skeptic :: Skeptic (a.) Alt. of Skeptica.
Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty..
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