Similar words: skepticism, sceptic, sceptical, asceticism, susceptible, susceptibility, intussusception, criticism. Meaning: ['skeptɪzɪzm] n. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.
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31 His scepticism and irony make his musings palatable to a Western ear.
32 By the early 1930s scepticism with liberal democracy was widespread.
33 A development scheme which is produced by the senior manager may first produce disbelief or scepticism.
34 That probably accounts for some of the scepticism after the decision to ape stock market precedent and end business barriers between underwriters.
35 He expressed his scepticism about the usefulness of techniques such as the envoy.
36 Though his work has met with some scepticism in the medical community, Medenica is respected in South Carolina.
37 The wounds they inflicted left me with a permanent scepticism about science and the progress of research.
38 We can only maintain a healthy scepticism of any claims to place public welfare above private interest.
39 The problem is to find a convincing argument for local ethical scepticism which has no expansionist tendencies.
40 An inheritor of Marcel Duchamp's anarchic estate, he regards all forms of artistic orthodoxy with deep scepticism.
41 But there is cause to suspect that even by this time, a certain boyish scepticism had erupted in Leonard's mind.
42 Public scepticism and opposition had to be overcome before the system could function effectively, he said.
43 I therefore approach Labour's declared commitment to a nuclear-based defence policy with great scepticism.
44 There is considerable scepticism about the measure, as the right hon. Gentleman knows.
45 The statement was received enthusiastically by the Tory Party and with obvious scepticism by the Opposition.
46 According to his analysis distrust of authority and scepticism concerning the competence of specialists is a function of the breakdown of value consensus.
47 Scepticism about literary language, however, was not only the province of those opposed in some absolutist sense to literary practices.
48 Ranging wide over ancient aphorisms, Professor Noel Dilly struck precisely the right note of scepticism, receptivity and curiosity.
49 How strong is the scepticism which the argument from error would create if successful?
50 Those of us who stayed faithful to the project found ourselves isolated, our findings met by polite scepticism at best.
51 So a degree of scepticism is required from practitioners towards their own forms of thought(sentencedict.com), with their associated practices and values.
52 Not surprisingly, every loan application is scrutinised with the deep scepticism born of sad experience.
53 Normally she was animated - laughing, frowning, grimacing, registering surprise or scepticism or compassion.
54 Scepticism apart, much more important to Quorn's long-term success has to be its price.
55 For this reason, arguments for the existence of the monster based upon visual evidence have met with a good deal of scepticism.
56 This follows widespread criticism of the Bush Administration's scepticism at international conferences so far.
57 They have joined the great army of moderns who view the land above the sacred / secular divide with scepticism.
58 Nizan was clearly justified in treating Aragon's analysis with the scepticism that it deserved.
59 This claim was greeted with scepticism by both campaigners and foreign diplomats.
60 Some people claim otherwise and argue vociferously for complete scepticism.
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