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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skepticism
n 1: doubt about the truth of something [syn: {incredulity},
{disbelief}, {skepticism}, {mental rejection}]
2: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge [syn:
{agnosticism}, {skepticism}, {scepticism}]
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