Meanings
plural scepticisms
- UKalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of skepticism.
When, across the hundredfold poor scepticisms, trivialisms and constitutional cobwebberies of Dryasdust, you catch any glimpse of a William the Conqueror, a Tancred of Hauteville or suchlike, — do you not discern veritably some rude outline of a true God-made King […]?
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, (please specify |book=I or IV, or the page)1 more example
As per the old Jewish joke “ask two Jews, get three opinions”, there’s room on this seven-strong bill (plus [Hannah] Gadsby) for at least that many different perspectives on gender – including some impish scepticism from Canadian comic DeAnne Smith, who complains about “getting they/them’d against my will since 2005”.
2023 October 13, Brian Logan, “‘We’re all learning’: why Netflix needs Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
noundoubt about the truth of something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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scepticism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scepticism
“scepticism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scepticism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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