noun · rare

skeptic

skeptic · skeptics

скептик

Skeptiker, Skeptikerin

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etcSomeone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

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/ˈskɛp.tɪk/

» I was one of the skeptics.

Ich gehörte zu den Skeptikern.

Я був одним зі скептиків.

Я була однією із скептиків.

Meaning

2 senses

(US)Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
Skeptiker, Skeptikerin
ске́птикsképtik
ске́птикsképtyk
someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
(US)Someone who is skeptical towards religion.

Examples

24 sentences

I was one of the skeptics.
Я був одним зі скептиків.
deIch gehörte zu den Skeptikern.
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Tom is a skeptic.
Том — скептик.
ruТом - скептик.
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I'm a skeptic.
Я скептик.
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I'm a born skeptic.
ruЯ прирождённый скептик.
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The skeptics were right.
ruСкептики были правы.
deDie Skeptiker hatten recht.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

someone who doubts beliefs and claims:

Русский

By meaning 1

someone who doubts beliefs and claims:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

someone who doubts beliefs and claims:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the Lati

Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the Latin etymon), or possibly directly from Late Latin scepticus (originally attested only in the plural Scepticī (“the sect of Skeptics”)), from Proto-Italic *spektos (“see, observing”), from *speḱ- (“to see”), compare to σκοπέω (skopéō, “to view, examine”).

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