English Explanatory Dictionary

skeptical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
  2. Of or relating to philosophical skepticism or the skeptics.

Pronunciation

/ˈskɛptɪkəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skeptical.wav

Word forms

skeptical more skeptical most skeptical sceptical

Etymology

From Latin scepticus + -al; attested earlier than skeptic. By surface analysis, skeptic + -al.

Derived words

antiskeptical Euro-skeptical Euroskeptical nonskeptical overskeptical pseudoskeptical skepticality skeptically skepticalness skeptimistic technoskeptical unskeptical
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