skepticism

• scepticism (Commonwealth)

From New Latin scepticismus;^[1] equivalent to skeptic +‎ -ism.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛp.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/

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skepticism (countable and uncountable, plural skepticisms) (American spelling)

1. (philosophy) The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.

   Coordinate term: cynicism

2. (philosophy) A studied attitude of questioning and doubt.
   • 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 June 2019:

     Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.

3. (philosophy) The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible.
4. A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty through scientific or logical observation.
5. Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines.

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Cognate of German Skeptizismus, French scepticisme.

skepticism c (uncountable)

1. skepticism

• skepsis
• skeptiker
• skeptisk

• skepticism in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker