Noun: skepticism 'skep-ti,si-zum
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: scepticism)
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: scepticism)
- Doubt about the truth of something
"He raised an eyebrow in skepticism at her far-fetched story";
- incredulity, disbelief, mental rejection, scepticism [Brit, Cdn]
- The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
"The scientist's skepticism drove her to rigorously test each hypothesis";
- agnosticism, scepticism [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: skepticisms
Type of: disbelief, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, unbelief, uncertainty
Encyclopedia: Skepticism