skepticism
noun[U]
(UKusuallyscepticism)us/ˈskep.tə.sɪ.zəm/uk/ˈskep.tɪ.sɪ.zəm/doubtthat something istrueoruseful:
The company'senvironmentalclaimshave beengreeted/regarded/treatedwithskepticism by conservationists.
Some of theworkersexpressedskepticism at first and said theywantedto take acloselookat thecontract.
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skeptical
- Ibelievein ahealthyskepticism of newtechnologies.
- Thegovernmenthad toovercomewidespreadskepticism toproveit couldbuildtheproject.
- Lawmakers havevoicedskepticism about theeffectivenessof theprogram.
Philosophy
- aesthete
- aesthetic
- aesthetically
- anthropocentric
- anthropocentrism
- epistemology
- essentialism
- existential
- existentialism
- existentialist
- non-philosophical
- notional
- ontological
- ontology
- Parkinson's law
- spatio-temporal
- superorganic
- syllogism
- syllogistic
- symbolism
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Suspecting & questioning