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SCEPTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
Synonyms:
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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)