Thesaurus: skepticism

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1. n. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
2. n. 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.
3. n. 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.
4. n. doubt about the truth of something
5. n. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
6. 1. An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty. That momentary amazement, and irresolution, and confusion, which is the result of skepticism. Hune. 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. 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. Let no . . . secret skepticism lead any one to doubt whether this blessed prospect will be realized. S. Miller.
7. The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known;the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universaldoubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy ofconfidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; criticalinvestigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption orassertion of certain principles.
8. n:100 n doubt about the truth of something n the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge