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scepticism
(encz) | scepticism,nedůvěra n: Zdeněk Brož |
scepticism
(encz) | scepticism,skepse n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scepticism
(gcide) | Sceptic \Scep"tic\, Sceptical \Scep"tic*al\, Scepticism
\Scep"ti*cism\, etc.
See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.
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scepticism
(gcide) | Skepticism \Skep"ti*cism\, n. [Cf. F. scepticisme.] [Written
also scepticism.]
1. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
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That momentary amazement, and irresolution, and
confusion, which is the result of skepticism.
--Hune.
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2. (Metaph.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be
certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is
uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that
no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be
established on philosophical grounds; critical
investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive
assumption or assertion of certain principles.
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3. (Theol.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a
denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or
of the being, perfections, or truth of God.
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Let no . . . secret skepticism lead any one to doubt
whether this blessed prospect will be realized. --S.
Miller.
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scepticism
(wn) | scepticism
n 1: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge [syn:
agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism] |
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Scepticism
(gcide) | Sceptic \Scep"tic\, Sceptical \Scep"tic*al\, Scepticism
\Scep"ti*cism\, etc.
See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.
[1913 Webster]Skepticism \Skep"ti*cism\, n. [Cf. F. scepticisme.] [Written
also scepticism.]
1. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
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That momentary amazement, and irresolution, and
confusion, which is the result of skepticism.
--Hune.
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2. (Metaph.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be
certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is
uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that
no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be
established on philosophical grounds; critical
investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive
assumption or assertion of certain principles.
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3. (Theol.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a
denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or
of the being, perfections, or truth of God.
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Let no . . . secret skepticism lead any one to doubt
whether this blessed prospect will be realized. --S.
Miller.
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