Sceptic

  • 11sceptic — 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 …

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  • 12sceptic — [16] The Greek verb sképtesthai meant ‘examine, consider’ (it was descended from a base *skep which was related to *skop , source of English scope, and may have been a reversed version of *spek , from which English gets spectator, speculate, etc) …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 13sceptic — BrE, skeptic AmE noun (C) someone who does not believe things unless they have definite proof: A lot of my friends believe in astrology, but I m a sceptic myself …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14Sceptic — /ˈskɛptɪk/ (say skeptik) noun 1. a member of a philosophical school of ancient Greece, or any later thinker, who maintained that real knowledge of things is impossible. –adjective 2. relating to the Sceptics. Also, Chiefly US, Skeptic. {See… …

  • 15sceptic — [16] The Greek verb sképtesthai meant ‘examine, consider’ (it was descended from a base *skep which was related to *skop , source of English scope, and may have been a reversed version of *spek , from which English gets spectator, speculate, etc) …

    Word origins

  • 16sceptic —    This word is rarely used in its technical philosophical sense, referring to Pyrrho and his followers in Greek antiquity who doubted the possibility of real knowledge of any kind. It is more usually used in the general sense of one who is… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 17sceptic - sceptical — ◊ sceptic Sceptic is a noun. A sceptic is someone who has doubts about things that other people believe. The sceptic may argue that there are no grounds for such optimism. Benn confounded the sceptics by winning thirty seven votes in the… …

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  • 18Sceptic (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = Sceptic Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Kraków Genre = Death metal Thrash metal Years active = 1994 ndash;present Label = Mystic Productions Associated acts = URL = [http …

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  • 19sceptic — chiefly British variant of skeptic …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20sceptic — /skep tik/, n., adj. skeptic. * * * …

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