Skepticism

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  • noun. A doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind; dubiety. synonym: uncertainty.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The ancient school of Pyrrho of Elis that stressed the uncertainty of our beliefs in order to oppose dogmatism.
  • noun. The doctrine that absolute knowledge is impossible, either in a particular domain or in general.
  • noun. A methodology based on an assumption of doubt with the aim of acquiring approximate or relative certainty.
  • noun. Doubt or disbelief of religious tenets.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The entertaining of mistrust, doubt, or disbelief; especially, the reasoning of one who doubts the possibility of knowledge of reality; the systematic doubt which characterizes a philosophical skeptic; specifically, doubt or disbelief of the fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
  • noun. A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
  • noun. The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible
  • noun. A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.
  • noun. Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
  • noun. doubt about the truth of something
  • Word Usage
    "The poll indicates that the rise in skepticism is mostly due to a shift among Republicans and independents."
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