sceptic
noun/ˈskeptɪk/
/ˈskeptɪk/
(British English) (North American English skeptic)
- a person who usually doubts that claims or statements are true, especially those that other people believe in
- I am a born sceptic.
- He was unable to convince the sceptics in the audience.
Extra Examples- Sceptics will argue that no such plan has ever proved successful.
- She is a sceptic about the dangers of global warming.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hardened
- convince
- win over
- confound
- …
- argue something
- claim something
- point out something
- …
- sceptic about
- prove the sceptics right
- prove the sceptics wrong
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in a philosophical sense): from French sceptique, or via Latin from Greek skeptikos, from skepsis ‘inquiry, doubt’.Definitions on the go
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