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Meanings of
sceptic
in English
Portuguese
cético
Catalan
escèptic
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Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.
skeptic
doubter
Portuguese
cético
Usage of
sceptic
in English
1
Of course, a
sceptic
would note how that was all too convenient.
2
The only question was which
agreement
-
sceptic
unionist would take the final seat.
3
But that is the modern method: the method of the reverent
sceptic
.
4
Cameron is evidently far more of a
Euro-
sceptic
than his former tutor.
5
He recently appointed climate change
sceptic
Scott Pruitt as its new head.
6
We should especially beware of admitting to intimacy the
sceptic
and infidel.
7
But Oppenheimer, enraptured with my tales, remained a
sceptic
to the end.
8
He is usually a
sceptic
,
with a spontaneous interest in practical science.
9
This and all the following verses are statements of the
sceptic
's
arguments.
10
The complete
sceptic
says, I have no right to think for myself.
11
For he who thinks to remain neutral is above all a
sceptic
.
12
She embarked on privatisation, of which she had previously been a
sceptic
.
13
But she will find that she has a wary
sceptic
to convince.
14
South America would make him a
sceptic
,
and Java a decided Manichean.
15
A celebrated theological professor at Princeton was asked this, by a
sceptic
:
-
16
My comfort is, you are as much a
sceptic
as I am.
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About this term
sceptic
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
complete sceptic
old sceptic
bear sceptic
modern sceptic
sceptic thinktank
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Translations for
sceptic
Portuguese
cético
Catalan
escèptic
incrèdul
Sceptic
through the time
Sceptic
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common