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   sceptic

   /ˈskɛptɪk/

   noun

   • 1. a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions: "this argument failed to convince the sceptics" Similar cynicdoubterquestionerscofferpessimistprophet of doomrare:Pyrrhonistminimifidian
   • ▪ a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions; an atheist or agnostic: "I've found them to be tremendously helpful in helping others—Christians and sceptics alike—to locate answers to tough questions" Similar agnosticatheistnon-theistunbelievernon-believerdisbelieverdoubting Thomasrationalistrare:nullifidianOpposite believer
   • 2. an ancient or modern philosopher who denies the possibility of knowledge, or even rational belief, in some sphere: "the sceptics engaged in long controversies with the dogmatists"

   adjective

   • 1. another term for sceptical

   Word Origin late 16th century (in sceptic (sense 2 of the noun)): from French sceptique, or via Latin from Greek skeptikos, from skepsis ‘inquiry, doubt’.

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