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skepticism

English

Alternative forms

  • scepticism (Commonwealth English)

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?sk?p.t??s?.z?m/

Etymology

skeptic +? -ism

Noun

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

  1. The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
  2. A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
  3. The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible
  4. A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.
  5. Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines

Derived terms

Related terms

  • skeptic
  • skeptical

Translations

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incredulity

English

Etymology

Attested since 1430. Borrowed from Old French incredulité, from Late Latin incredulitas, from Latin incredulus (“unbelieving”) + -itas (“-ity”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??nk???dju?l?ti/

Noun

incredulity (usually uncountable, plural incredulities)

  1. Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
    • 1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, ch. 24:
      Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead.
  2. (rare) Religious disbelief, lack of faith.

Synonyms

  • incredulousness

Antonyms

  • credulity

Related terms

  • incredibility
  • incredulous

Translations

incredulity From the web:

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  • incredulity what does it mean
  • what does incredulity mean in english
  • what does incredulity towards metanarratives meaning
  • what is incredulity toward metanarratives
  • what does incredulity mean in the bible
  • what is incredulity fallacy
  • what is incredulity response
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