skeptic
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.
» I was one of the skeptics.
Ich gehörte zu den Skeptikern. — Waldelfe
Я був одним зі скептиків. — deniko
Я була однією із скептиків. — deniko
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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 sentencesI was one of the skeptics.
Я був одним зі скептиків. — deniko
deIch gehörte zu den Skeptikern. — Waldelfe
Tom is a skeptic.
Том — скептик. — deniko
ruТом - скептик. — marafon
I'm a skeptic.
Я скептик. — deniko
I'm a born skeptic.
ruЯ прирождённый скептик. — Wezel
The skeptics were right.
ruСкептики были правы. — astru
deDie Skeptiker hatten recht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French sceptique (but with a pronunciation closer to that of the LatiBorrowed 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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Forms
plural: skepticsSynonyms
2 synonyms- someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs:scepticdoubter