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sceptic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | doubter, skeptic |
| Type of | intellect, intellectual |
| Has types | doubting thomas, pessimist |
| Derivation | sceptical |
Examples of sceptic
sceptic
You seem to have fallen hook, line and sinker for the climate sceptic mythology.
From the guardian.co.uk
Please give me an example of this as it has actually been used by an AGW sceptic.
From the guardian.co.uk
Ever since, I've been an atheist sceptic, but I never lacked a sense of wonder.
From the guardian.co.uk
The sceptic in me asks difficult questions which Sibylla answers intelligently.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I was practically a lone sceptic, sulking and tutting on my own in the corner.
From the independent.co.uk
Mr Brown, while no closet euro-sceptic, worries more about the economic risks.
From the economist.com
A sceptic might say say ideas like this sound good but seldom lead to real change.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Never a climate change sceptic, I shall be a Guardian article sceptic from now on.
From the guardian.co.uk
But as a Labour sceptic Kate Hoey pointed out, it's beyond party politics now.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Skeptic: someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
- (sceptical) doubting: marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
- (sceptical) disbelieving: denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
- (sceptically) with scepticism; in a sceptical manner; "he looked at her sceptically"
- (scepticism) agnosticism: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
- Contemporary skepticism (or scepticism) is loosely used to denote any questioning attitude, or some degree of doubt regarding claims that are elsewhere taken for granted.
- Sceptic is a Polish death metal band from Kraku00F3w, Poland.
- Philosophical skepticism (UK spelling scepticism; from Greek u03C3u03BAu03ADu03C8u03B9u03C2 skepsis, "inquiry") is both a philosophical school of thought and a method that crosses disciplines and cultures.
- (Scepticism) Scientific skepticism means that scientific claims must be exposed to critical scrutiny before being accepted.
