Synonym: disbelieving, doubting, questioning, skeptical, unbelieving. Similar words: susceptible, inception, reception, perception, exception, deceptive, deception, perceptible. Meaning: ['skeptɪkl] adj. 1. marked by or given to doubt 2. denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion.
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61. Robert Simpson looked sceptical but he raised no more objections.
62. Some members of the government and the business community are sceptical regarding the act's real benefits to the country.
63. Mr Dervis is expected to become a pivotal figure in a new economic team designed to restore the confidence of sceptical investors.
64. It is in danger either of making knowledge impossible or of walking straight into one of our sceptical arguments.
65. First we need to look at some distinctions between types of sceptical argument.
66. Marxists are sceptical of such claims and see the furtherance of class interests as of prime importance.
67. Motor manufacturers have been sceptical about the efficiency of catalysts.
68. All this drew a predictably sceptical response from the archaeologists and historians, who hotly denied the existence of the Glastonbury Zodiac.
69. I was very sceptical and, being almost entirely ignorant of the truths of Theosophy, thought Theosophists mad in their beliefs.
70. Professionals are often more sceptical and reluctant to respond to anonymous referrals - in the light of the above research this is potentially dangerous behaviour.
71. Many sceptical remarks passed between the lips of the lower sixth at Loreto.
72. In the past, the medical profession has been deeply sceptical about the value of healing.
73. BMWhas now given Phoenix access to Rover's financial records, but it remains sceptical about the consortium's finances.
74. Investors remained sceptical of Tory damage control and subsequent polls showing a closer race.
75. The first and least important distinction is between local and global sceptical arguments.
76. A more sceptical view on this issue may be found in Francis and Tharakan 1989.
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77. The upturn in sales was double the increase the economic forecasters had been expecting, but the City remained sceptical.
78. The sceptical argument therefore claims that you can not make sense of the idea of a subject of experience other than yourself.
79. The Department of Health is understood to be highly sceptical.
80. So the argument we have now reached seems to be a complex defence of the first part of that first sceptical argument.
81. However, many remained sceptical, remembering the Tsars pledge in 1895 in a speech to Zemstvo representative to maintain autocracy.
82. She was always sceptical about international news and found it difficult to trust the reports.
83. But they are also fearful and sceptical about the future of democracy in that country.
84. Some engineers were sceptical about the efficacy and dynamic stability of rotors on ships.
85. She speaks with an almost childlike directness that wins over the most sceptical audience.
86. Any self-respecting sceptic might be tempted ... It's certainly easy to be sceptical about the Earth Summit.
87. These sceptical, cautious and cloistered arrangements constitute the distinctive institutions of science which separate it from other more worldly activities.
88. But if a too sceptical approach is one danger that the West should avoid, a too euphoric one is another.
89. I remain very sceptical about whether people will ever use electronic forms to read novels.
90. Finally we were told that a team had been formed but that it contained no skilful players, we remained sceptical!
More similar words: susceptible, inception, reception, perception, exception, deceptive, deception, perceptible, conception, apperception, septic, antiseptic, skepticism, critical, vertical, identical, statically, political, practical, fanatical, politically, sabbatical, practically, theoretical, fanatically, dramatically, statistical, aesthetically, alphabetical, automatically.