skeptimist

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noun

One who is both skeptical and optimistic.

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Meanings

nounskeptimist (plural skeptimists)

plural skeptimists

  1. One who is both skeptical and optimistic.

    Then there are those of us who are agonizingly ambivalent about a new ballpark for the Giants. Call us "skeptimists."

    1996 March 24, Robert Rubino, “Questionable Support For New SF Ballpark”, in Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Origin

Blend of skeptic + optimist.

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APA

skeptimist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeptimist

MLA

“skeptimist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeptimist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skeptimist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skeptimist.

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