Skeptic
noun
A person who questions or doubts something like a fact, idea, or belief.
Although the theory is widely accepted, some skeptics question its validity.
Often appears as...
- healthy skeptic
- professional skeptic
noun
A person not easily convinced and often requiring proof.
As a skeptic, John always asked for evidence before he believed anything.
Often appears as...
- skeptic of
- natural skeptic
noun
A person inclined to question the validity of accepted views.
Despite the widely held belief, the skeptic did not accept it without substantial proof.
Often appears as...
- climate skeptic
- scientific skeptic
noun
In philosophy, a person who doubts the possibility of real knowledge.
The skeptic argued that absolute certainty on any topic was impossible to achieve.
Often appears as...
- philosopher skeptic
- absolute skeptic
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Academic
noun
A person who questions or doubts something like a fact, idea, or belief.
Although the theory is widely accepted, some skeptics question its validity.
Often appears as...
- healthy skeptic
- professional skeptic
noun
A person not easily convinced and often requiring proof.
As a skeptic, John always asked for evidence before he believed anything.
Often appears as...
- skeptic of
- natural skeptic
noun
A person inclined to question the validity of accepted views.
Despite the widely held belief, the skeptic did not accept it without substantial proof.
Often appears as...
- climate skeptic
- scientific skeptic
noun
In philosophy, a person who doubts the possibility of real knowledge.
The skeptic argued that absolute certainty on any topic was impossible to achieve.
Often appears as...
- philosopher skeptic
- absolute skeptic
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Critical Thinker
A skeptic often analyzes ideas thoroughly, rather than just accepting them.
The skeptic dissected the argument with precision, leaving no statement unexamined.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Negative
'Skeptic' doesn't always mean negativity; it can suggest cautious intelligence.
Her skeptic view saved us from a bad investment.
Pro Tip 1/2Critical Thinker
A skeptic often analyzes ideas thoroughly, rather than just accepting them.
The skeptic dissected the argument with precision, leaving no statement unexamined.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Negative
'Skeptic' doesn't always mean negativity; it can suggest cautious intelligence.
Her skeptic view saved us from a bad investment.
Pro Tip 1/2Critical Thinker
A skeptic often analyzes ideas thoroughly, rather than just accepting them.
The skeptic dissected the argument with precision, leaving no statement unexamined.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Negative
'Skeptic' doesn't always mean negativity; it can suggest cautious intelligence.
Her skeptic view saved us from a bad investment.
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Video examples
Nic Marks: The Happy...
None of us, I think, want human progress to stop. I think we want it to carry on. I think we want the lot of humanity to keep on increasing. And I think this is where climate change skeptics and deniers come in. I think this is what they want. They want quality of life to keep increasing. They want to hold on to what they've got.
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Trust, morality -- and...
so in these countries more economic transactions occur and more wealth is created alleviating poverty so poor countries are by and large low trust countries so if I understood the chemistry of trustworthiness I might help alleviate poverty or am also a skeptic I don't want to just ask people
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The 4 stories we tell...
your essence, the real you, is very much dependent on a particular part of your body, that is, your brain. And such skeptics can find comfort in the fourth kind of immortality story, and that is legacy, the idea that you can live on through the echo you leave in the world,
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What are you willing to...
Change is not only about embracing the new; it's about giving up on some of the old as well. Now, over the past five years, I have worked with companies all over the world to change their ways of working. And clearly, every company has their own skeptics
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Elon Musk: A future...
A computer doesn't know it. You need to slow down. A skeptic is going to say that every year for the last five years, you've kind of said, well, no this is the year, we're confident that it will be there in a year or two or, you know,
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The art of responsibility...
leader in super-premium fresh healthy beverages salad dressings and carrots and skeptics said carrots Denise really I said no packaged fresh it's a twelve billion dollar category growing at six to seven percent per year and Campbell's
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Seven Wonders of the New...
the skeptics that what they were seeing was not just motion-picture images. The images on the television screen were actually live signals from across time and space. A possible world of high technology was first glimpsed here.
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Jeremy Heimans: What new...
But if you are old power, the most important thing you can do is to occupy yourself before others occupy you, before you are occupied. Imagine that a group of your biggest skeptics are camped in the heart of your organization
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How cohousing can make...
We follow up, we check in, we speak our personal truths and, when appropriate, we apologize. Skeptics will say that cohousing is only interesting or attractive to a very small group of people.
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Inside the bizarre world...
Guys -- contrarian white teens of the world -- if you are being a round earth skeptic and a male privilege skeptic and a racism is bad skeptic, you're not being a skeptic, you're being a jerk.
Video examples
Nic Marks: The Happy...
None of us, I think, want human progress to stop. I think we want it to carry on. I think we want the lot of humanity to keep on increasing. And I think this is where climate change skeptics and deniers come in. I think this is what they want. They want quality of life to keep increasing. They want to hold on to what they've got.
Video examples
Trust, morality -- and...
so in these countries more economic transactions occur and more wealth is created alleviating poverty so poor countries are by and large low trust countries so if I understood the chemistry of trustworthiness I might help alleviate poverty or am also a skeptic I don't want to just ask people
Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
your essence, the real you, is very much dependent on a particular part of your body, that is, your brain. And such skeptics can find comfort in the fourth kind of immortality story, and that is legacy, the idea that you can live on through the echo you leave in the world,
Video examples
What are you willing to...
Change is not only about embracing the new; it's about giving up on some of the old as well. Now, over the past five years, I have worked with companies all over the world to change their ways of working. And clearly, every company has their own skeptics
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
A computer doesn't know it. You need to slow down. A skeptic is going to say that every year for the last five years, you've kind of said, well, no this is the year, we're confident that it will be there in a year or two or, you know,
Video examples
The art of responsibility...
leader in super-premium fresh healthy beverages salad dressings and carrots and skeptics said carrots Denise really I said no packaged fresh it's a twelve billion dollar category growing at six to seven percent per year and Campbell's
Video examples
Seven Wonders of the New...
the skeptics that what they were seeing was not just motion-picture images. The images on the television screen were actually live signals from across time and space. A possible world of high technology was first glimpsed here.
Video examples
Jeremy Heimans: What new...
But if you are old power, the most important thing you can do is to occupy yourself before others occupy you, before you are occupied. Imagine that a group of your biggest skeptics are camped in the heart of your organization
Video examples
How cohousing can make...
We follow up, we check in, we speak our personal truths and, when appropriate, we apologize. Skeptics will say that cohousing is only interesting or attractive to a very small group of people.
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
Guys -- contrarian white teens of the world -- if you are being a round earth skeptic and a male privilege skeptic and a racism is bad skeptic, you're not being a skeptic, you're being a jerk.
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Quote examples
Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Do you know what the world will be saved by? I'll tell you. It'll be saved by the human spirit. And by the human spirit, I don't mean anything divine, I don't mean anything supernatural - certainly not coming from this skeptic.
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Josh Gates
I'm a real open-minded skeptic when it comes to the ghost world. And there are places that I've traveled to where it's very scary and I end up feeling like there might be something going on there.
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John F. Kennedy
American President
The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.
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Tyler Henry
American Entertainer
A lot of people I read start off as skeptics or nonbelievers. There comes a point in every reading when you see their worldview being changed.
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Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
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Vita Sackville-West
English Novelist
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.
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James Balog
American Photographer
Once upon a time, I was a climate-change skeptic.
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Zak Bagans
American Author
I respect and believe skeptics.
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Sherwin B. Nuland
American Scientist
Do you know what the world will be saved by? I'll tell you. It'll be saved by the human spirit. And by the human spirit, I don't mean anything divine, I don't mean anything supernatural - certainly not coming from this skeptic.
Quote examples
Josh Gates
I'm a real open-minded skeptic when it comes to the ghost world. And there are places that I've traveled to where it's very scary and I end up feeling like there might be something going on there.
Quote examples
John F. Kennedy
American President
The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.
Quote examples
Tyler Henry
American Entertainer
A lot of people I read start off as skeptics or nonbelievers. There comes a point in every reading when you see their worldview being changed.
Quote examples
Hosea Ballou
American Clergyman
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
Quote examples
Vita Sackville-West
English Novelist
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.
Quote examples
George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.
Quote examples
James Balog
American Photographer
Once upon a time, I was a climate-change skeptic.
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Zak Bagans
American Author
I respect and believe skeptics.
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