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skepticism

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skepticism  \Skep"ti*cism\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  scepticisme.]  [Written 
  also  {scepticism}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skepticism 
  n  1:  doubt  about  the  truth  of  something  [syn:  {incredulity},  {disbelief}, 
  {mental  rejection}] 
  2:  the  disbelief  in  any  claims  of  ultimate  knowledge  [syn:  {agnosticism}, 
  {scepticism}]




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