Scepticism Synonyms

The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. skepticism
  2. agnosticism

Words Related to Scepticism

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Scepticism Sentence Examples

  • Ancient scepticism was frankly opposed to religious belief.

  • But more important was the influence of philosophy, which led soon enough to a general scepticism among the upper classes.

  • But scepticism of this kind was not universal.

  • Like Socrates, he was not a philosopher, and did not pretend to be one; but, as the reasoned scepticism of Socrates cleared the way for the philosophy of Plato, so did Xenophanes's "abnormis sapientia" for the philosophy of Parmenides.

  • It remained for the more robust faith of a Schliemann to show that such scepticism was all too faint-hearted, by proving that at such sites as Tiryns, Mycenae and Hissarlik evidences of a very early period of Greek civilization awaited the spade of the excavator.

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