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scep‧ti‧cis‧m , skepticism /ˈskeptəsɪzəm, ˈskeptɪsɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]
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Synonyms & Related Wordsscepticism[noun]Synonyms: doubt, cynicism, disbelief, incredulity, unbelief
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English Dictionaryscep‧ti‧cis‧m British English,
skepticism American English /ˈskeptəsɪz
əm, ˈskeptɪsɪz
əm/
noun [uncountable] an attitude of doubting that particular claims or statements are true or that something will happen
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Collocationsscepticism noun ADJ. complete, total | considerable, deep, extreme, great | healthy | growing | widespread | initial My initial scepticism was replaced with respectful admiration. QUANT. certain amount, degree, great deal I regard their press releases with a degree of scepticism. VERB + SCEPTICISM have She has a healthy scepticism towards the claims in the company's report.
express, voice PREP. with ~ This theory was initially received with great scepticism by her fellow scientists.
~ about/over/towards He expressed a great deal of scepticism about the value of psychoanalysis. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲