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Meanings of skeptic in English

Portuguese
cético
Catalan
escèptic

Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs.

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Examples for "sceptic"
Examples for "sceptic"
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Of course, a sceptic would note how that was all too convenient.
Assail
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The only question was which agreement-sceptic unionist would take the final seat.
The Irish Times
3
But that is the modern method: the method of the reverent sceptic.
All Things Considered
4
Cameron is evidently far more of a Euro-sceptic than his former tutor.
The Guardian
5
He recently appointed climate change sceptic Scott Pruitt as its new head.
BBC
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The doubter, the investigator, the infidel, have been the saviors of liberty.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
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The doubter burst into an explosion of derisive laughter and walked away.
Russell H. Conwell, Founder of the Institutional Church in Ameri...
3
I find I am no longer a believer: I am a doubter.
Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough
4
Not that I was a skeptic, but I was sometimes a doubter.
The Dweller on the Threshold
5
He was human, very human, but he was no scoffer or doubter.
Yesterdays with Authors
Usage of skeptic in English
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The ground occupied by the skeptic is the vestibule of the temple.
Representative Men: Seven Lectures
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One of his energy policy advisers is a climate change skeptic, U.S.
Reuters
3
My skeptic friend from New York thereupon grabbed the telephone and dialed.
Ghosts
4
She was more than a fresh witness; she was a zealous skeptic.
What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
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A certain skeptic hardness was in her gaze as he visioned it.
Merton of the Movies
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His conclusion is thoughtfully optimistic - and appealing even to a skeptic.
Wired
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Nick did not apologize for being a skeptic-itcame with the job.
Eye of vengeance
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Not that I was a skeptic, but I was sometimes a doubter.
The Dweller on the Threshold
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That realization turned Gentile from a COIN practitioner to a COIN skeptic.
Wired
10
I don't make films or move through my life as a skeptic.
The Guardian
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Certainly not one who was such a skeptic yet still accepted me unconditionally.
Leaving Time
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A Democratic skeptic of Schapiro's efforts was SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar.
Reuters
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Writer Julian Green, a firm skeptic, left the next morning in great hurry.
Ghosts
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He was a curious combination of a natural skeptic and a natural believer.
Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish.
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He is far from the only data skeptic at the Fed.
Reuters
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The voice of skeptic reason was altogether silent in him now.
Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
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Portuguese
cético
Skeptic through the time
Skeptic across language varieties
United States of America
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