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skepticism — [n] doubt agnosticism, apprehension, disbelief, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, hesitation, indecision, lack of confidence, leeriness, questioning, reluctance, suspicion, uncertainty; concepts 21,410,689,690 … New thesaurus
Skepticism — This article is about the philosophical term. For the metal band, see Skepticism (band). Skeptic and Skeptics redirect here. For other uses, see Skeptic (disambiguation). Certainty series Agnosticism Belief … Wikipedia
Skepticism — a school or method of doubt regarding what is held as knowledge. • Pyrrhonian skepticism or pyrrhonism a Hellenistic school of skepticism that inquired about, but did not reject, dogmatic beliefs because the lack of belief is not the same as… … Mini philosophy glossary
skepticism — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. suspicion, uncertainty, dubiousness; see doubt 2 , sarcasm . See Synonym Study at uncertainty . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. doubt, questioning, cynicism, disbelief, scoffing, distrust, mistrust, leeriness, suspicion,… … English dictionary for students
Scientific skepticism — or rational skepticism (also spelled scepticism), sometimes referred to as skeptical inquiry, is a scientific or practical, epistemological position in which one questions the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence. In practice, the term… … Wikipedia
Philosophical skepticism — For a general discussion of skepticism, see Skepticism. Philosophical skepticism (from Greek σκέψις skepsis meaning enquiry UK spelling, scepticism) is both a philosophical school of thought and a method that crosses disciplines and cultures.… … Wikipedia
Pyrrhonian skepticism — a school or method of doubt regarding what is held as knowledge. • Pyrrhonian skepticism or pyrrhonism a Hellenistic school of skepticism that inquired about, but did not reject, dogmatic beliefs because the lack of belief is not the same as… … Mini philosophy glossary
credulity — I noun belief, blind faith, credulitas, credulousness, deceivability, disposition to believe, easiness of belief, foolishness, gullibility, gullibleness, impressibility, innocence, lack of doubt, lack of dubiety, lack of dubiousness, lack of… … Law dictionary
Credulity — is a state of willingness to believe in one or many people or things in the absence of reasonable proof or knowledge. Credulity is not simply belief in something that may be false. The subject of the belief may even be correct, but a credulous… … Wikipedia
Gullibility — is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by… … Wikipedia
