- Sceptic
- Sceptic Scep"tic, Sceptical Scep"tic*al, Scepticism Scep"ti*cism, etc. See {Skeptic}, {Skeptical}, {Skepticism}, etc. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Sceptic
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sceptic — SCÉPTIC, Ă, sceptici, ce, adj., s.m. şi f. 1. adj., s.m. şi f. (Persoană) care nu are încredere în nimic, care se îndoieşte de toate. 2. adj. Care aparţine scepticismului, privitor la scepticism. 3. s.m. şi f. Adept al scepticismului (1). – D … Dicționar Român
sceptic — sceptic, sceptical A sceptic (pronounced skep tik) is someone who doubts accepted opinions or judgements and differs from a cynic, whose doubts concern human values and motives. Sceptic is also an adjective, but the more common adjectival form is … Modern English usage
Sceptic — Die Band 2006 … Deutsch Wikipedia
sceptic — (n.) British English spelling of SKEPTIC (Cf. skeptic) (q.v.) … Etymology dictionary
sceptic — (US skeptic) ► NOUN 1) a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions. 2) a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions; an atheist. DERIVATIVES scepticism noun. ORIGIN Greek skeptikos, from skepsis inquiry, doubt … English terms dictionary
sceptic — [skep′tik] n., adj. chiefly Brit. sp. of SKEPTIC sceptical adj. scepticism n … English World dictionary
sceptic — (BrE) (AmE skeptic) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hardened VERB + SCEPTIC/SKEPTIC ▪ convince, win over ▪ He has managed to convince even the sceptics. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
sceptic — Skeptic Skep tic, n. [Gr. skeptiko s thoughtful, reflective, fr. ske ptesqai to look carefully or about, to view, consider: cf. L. scepticus, F. sceptique. See {Scope}.] [Written also {sceptic}.] 1. One who is yet undecided as to what is true;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sceptic — [[t]ske̱ptɪk[/t]] sceptics N COUNT A sceptic is a person who has doubts about things that other people believe. He was a born sceptic... But he now has to convince sceptics that he has a serious plan. (in AM, use skeptic) … English dictionary
sceptic — UK [ˈskeptɪk] / US noun [countable] Word forms sceptic : singular sceptic plural sceptics someone who has doubts about things that other people think are true or right … English dictionary
