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SCEPTIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefsplay

Synonyms:

doubter; sceptic; skeptic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sceptic" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sceptic"):

doubting Thomas (someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place))

pessimist (a person who expects the worst)

Derivation:

sceptical (denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion)

sceptical (marked by or given to doubt)

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