Synonym: agnosticism, disbelief, incredulity, mental rejection, scepticism. Similar words: antiseptic, racism, ostracism, inception, deceptive, exception, reception, perception. Meaning: n. 1. doubt about the truth of something 2. the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.
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31. With a high turnover of owners, a certain amount of skepticism has been built into the rooms.
32. But some observers voiced skepticism that Liggett will provide any more ammunition than plaintiffs already have.
33. Their accomplishments, however were greeted with more skepticism than optimism.
34. Even when such claims evoked skepticism and ridicule, both the sick and the curious continued to come.
35. Heidegger Heidegger felt that the problem of skepticism arises from the presupposition of a distinction between inner experiences and external-world objects.
36. A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. James Russell Lowell
37. Meehan expressed skepticism that Republicans would be able to find the money to cover the tax cut.
38. Skepticism fully loaded, I agreed to meet with the dapper and charming McKenna.
39. Although some in the bird world have expressed skepticism about the decoy technique(sentencedict.com/skepticism.html), it has worked before.
40. Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls.
41. Dart's contemporaries received this claim with great skepticism.
42. In both Egypt and Tunisia, observers will face histories of extensive election fraud, opposition party intimidation or prohibition, and high levels of voter skepticism.
43. To allow ourselves simply to acquiescence in skepticism or in complacence, Kant wrote.
44. Quine's skepticism to "meaning" is just the concentrated reflection of uncertainty of meaning.
45. Simply to acquiesce in skepticism can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason.
46. Of course, some nonproliferation ideologues in Washington view the administration's shift with great skepticism.
47. It feels a bit curmudgeonly to suggest that these happy Asian trends should be greeted with skepticism.
48. The sophomoric skepticism of the man who has read one book...only.
49. But fortunately, beneath all my skepticism, I remember my generous, all-encompassing, loyal fans.
50. Even on their own terms, demand-siders' skepticism about the incipient recovery is inconsistent with the curiously unreported fact that real disposable personal income has increasedsince last August.
51. Some narrow in greater skepticism over whether this is the beginning of the end for the Libyan dictator, Col.Muammar el-Qaddafi.
52. A streak of pragmatism, skepticism, and contrariness runs deep in the American character, historians say.
53. There are always been some skepticism about the usefulness of subsidies on fertilizers.
54. Offering a money back guarantee dispels the small entrepreneurial image, and alleviates skepticism more than you can imagine.
55. The word " sophist " gradually acquired the connotations of skepticism, ambition and unscrupulous competitiveness which their teaching in fact encouraged.
56. Influenced by Sextus Empiricus and Montaigne, Shakespeare showed an obvious skepticism inclination in his tragedies.
57. Skepticism enraptured me, fear grabbed hold of me, and soon... I became gutless.
58. Jackson's claims that he had vitiligo elicited both empathy and skepticism.
59. There's no skepticism, no correction, no tamping down of the football hype.
60. The lips had already a little curl of bitterness and skepticism.
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