sceptic

sceptic
( 美 skeptic)
noun

a person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions
（对一切都）持怀疑态度的人
■a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions; an atheist
无神论者
(Philosophy)an ancient or modern philosopher who denies the possibility of knowledge, or even rational belief, in some sphere
(哲)怀疑论者，不可知论者
The leading ancient sceptic was Pyrrho, whose followers at the Academy vigorously opposed Stoicism. Modern sceptics have held diverse views: the most extreme have doubted whether any knowledge at all of the external world is possible (seesolipsism), while others have questioned the existence of objects beyond our experience of them

adjective

派生
skepticism
noun

语源

late 16th cent. (in sense 2): from French sceptique, or via Latin from Greek skeptikos, from skepsis 'inquiry, doubt'

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