Associations to the word «Skepticism»

Wiktionary

SKEPTICISM, noun. (US) The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
SKEPTICISM, noun. (US) A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
SKEPTICISM, noun. (US) The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible
SKEPTICISM, noun. (US) A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty though scientific or logical observation.
SKEPTICISM, noun. (US) Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines

Dictionary definition

SKEPTICISM, noun. Doubt about the truth of something.
SKEPTICISM, noun. The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope