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English Dictionary: skeptical by the DICT Development Group
2 results for skeptical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skeptical
adj
  1. denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
    Synonym(s): disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving
  2. marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
    Synonym(s): doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Skeptic \Skep"tic\, Skeptical \Skep"tic*al\, a. [Written also
      sceptic, sceptical.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized
            by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of
            doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.
  
      2. (Theol.) Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or
            the sacred Scriptures.
  
                     The skeptical system subverts the whole foundation
                     of morals.                                          --R. Hall.
            -- {Skep"tac*al*ly}, adv. -- {Skep"tic*al*ness}, n.
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