English Explanatory Dictionary

skepticism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
  2. A studied attitude of questioning and doubt.
  3. The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible.
  4. A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty through scientific or logical observation.
  5. Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines.

Pronunciation

/ˈskɛp.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/ en-us-skepticism.ogg

Word forms

skepticism skepticisms scepticism

Etymology

From New Latin scepticismus; equivalent to skeptic + -ism.

Related words

skeptic skeptical

Derived words

antiskepticism Euro-skepticism Euroskepticism neuroskepticism overskepticism pseudoskepticism technoskepticism

Translations

Albanian: skepticizmi Armenian: թերահավատություն Armenian: կասկածամտություն Basque: eszeptizismo Bulgarian: скептици́зъм Catalan: escepticisme Chinese Mandarin: 懷疑論 /怀疑论 Chinese Mandarin: 懷疑主義 /怀疑主义 Crimean Tatar: skeptitsizm Crimean Tatar: şübecilik Czech: skepticismus Czech: skepse Danish: skepticisme Dutch: twijfelzucht Dutch: scepticisme Dutch: skepticisme Estonian: skeptitsism Faroese: ivastevna Finnish: skeptisyys French: scepticisme Galician: escepticismo German: Skeptizismus German: Skepsis Greek: σκεπτικισμός Hebrew: ספקנות Hungarian: szkepticizmus Hungarian: szkepszis Icelandic: efahyggja Indonesian: skeptisisme Italian: scetticismo Japanese: 懐疑主義 Japanese: 懐疑論 Japanese: スケプチシズム Latin: scepticismus Lithuanian: skepticizmas Malay: skeptisisme Norwegian: skeptisisme Polish: sceptycyzm Portuguese: ceticismo Romanian: scepticism Russian: скептици́зм Russian: ске́псис Scottish Gaelic: neo-chreidmheachd Serbo-Croatian: скептицизам Serbo-Croatian: skepticizam Slovak: skepticizmus Slovene: skepticizem Spanish: escepticismo Swedish: skepticism Tagalog: kila Tagalog: pangingila Turkish: kuşkuculuk Turkish: septisizm Turkish: skeptisizm Turkish: şüphecilik Ukrainian: скептици́зм
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