skepticism
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From New Latin scepticismus; equivalent to skeptic + -ism.
Base: skeptic
Affixes: -ism
Inflected forms:
form: skepticisms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: scepticism
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Commonwealth
Senses:
gloss: The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
pos: noun
tags: US
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gloss: A studied attitude of questioning and doubt.
pos: noun
tags: US
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examples: Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.
gloss: The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible.
pos: noun
tags: US
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gloss: A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty through scientific or logical observation.
pos: noun
tags: US
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gloss: Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
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Related words: skeptic
skeptical
Derived words: antiskepticism
Euro-skepticism
Euroskepticism
neuroskepticism
overskepticism
pseudoskepticism
technoskepticism
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: skepticizmi
lang: Armenian
word: թերահավատություն
roman: tʻerahavatutʻyun
lang: Armenian
word: կասկածամտություն
roman: kaskacamtutʻyun
lang: Basque
word: eszeptizismo
lang: Bulgarian
word: скептици́зъм
roman: skepticízǎm
lang: Catalan
word: escepticisme
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 懷疑論 /怀疑论
roman: huáiyílùn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 懷疑主義 /怀疑主义
roman: huáiyízhǔyì
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: skeptitsizm
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: şübecilik
lang: Czech
word: skepticismus
lang: Czech
word: skepse
lang: Danish
word: skepticisme
lang: Dutch
word: twijfelzucht
lang: Dutch
word: scepticisme
lang: Dutch
word: skepticisme
lang: Estonian
word: skeptitsism
lang: Faroese
word: ivastevna
lang: Finnish
word: skeptisyys
lang: French
word: scepticisme
lang: Galician
word: escepticismo
lang: German
word: Skeptizismus
lang: German
word: Skepsis
lang: Greek
word: σκεπτικισμός
roman: skeptikismós
lang: Hebrew
word: ספקנות
roman: safkanút
lang: Hungarian
word: szkepticizmus
lang: Hungarian
word: szkepszis
lang: Icelandic
word: efahyggja
lang: Indonesian
word: skeptisisme
lang: Italian
word: scetticismo
lang: Japanese
word: 懐疑主義
roman: kaigishugi
lang: Japanese
word: 懐疑論
roman: kaigiron
lang: Japanese
word: スケプチシズム
roman: sukepuchishizumu
lang: Latin
word: scepticismus
lang: Lithuanian
word: skepticizmas
lang: Malay
word: skeptisisme
lang: Norwegian
word: skeptisisme
lang: Polish
word: sceptycyzm
lang: Portuguese
word: ceticismo
lang: Romanian
word: scepticism
lang: Russian
word: скептици́зм
roman: skepticízm
lang: Russian
word: ске́псис
roman: sképsis
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: neo-chreidmheachd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: скептицизам
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: skepticizam
lang: Slovak
word: skepticizmus
lang: Slovene
word: skepticizem
lang: Spanish
word: escepticismo
lang: Swedish
word: skepticism
lang: Tagalog
word: kila
lang: Tagalog
word: pangingila
lang: Turkish
word: kuşkuculuk
lang: Turkish
word: septisizm
lang: Turkish
word: skeptisizm
lang: Turkish
word: şüphecilik
lang: Ukrainian
word: скептици́зм
roman: skeptycýzm
lang: Volapük
word: dotim