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The Meaning of skepticism

  • (n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
  • (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.
  • (n.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.

Synonyms

unbelief , scepticism , disbelief , incredulity , mental rejection , agnosticism , doubt , perplexity , suspense , distrust , indecision , question , suspicion , hesitancy , irresolution , scruple , hesitation , misgiving , uncertainty

Antonyms

assurance , certainty , conviction , determination , resolution , belief , confidence , decision , persuasion , resolve

Rhymes

abolitionism , absolutism , activism , adventurism , agrarianism , alcoholism , altruism , americanism , anachronism , aneurism , anglo-catholicism , animism , antagonism , anti-catholicism , aphorism , arianism , astigmatism , atheism , authoritarianism , autism , barbarism , bilingualism , bolshevism , botulism , cannibalism , capitalism , catechism , catholicism , centralism , chauvinism , chisholm , chism , chisum , classicism , collectivism , colonialism , commercialism , communism , confucianism , consumerism , corporatism , creationism , criticism , cronyism , cynicism , dandyism , darwinism , despotism , determinism , diamagnetism , diastrophism , dogmatism , druidism , dualism , dynamism , egalitarianism , egoism , egotism , electromagnetism , elitism , embolism , emotionalism , empiricism , entrepreneurialism , environmentalism , ergotism , eroticism , escapism , euphemism , evangelism , expansionism , expressionism , extremism , fanaticism , fascism , fatalism , favoritism , federalism , feminism , ferromagnetism , fetishism , feudalism , formalism , fundamentalism , futurism , geotropism , gradualism , hedonism , hellenism , helotism , heroism , hinduism , hooliganism , humanism , illusionism , imperialism , impressionism , individualism , intellectualism , ism , isolationism , jansenism , journalism , judaism , leftism , legalism , leninism , liberalism , lyricism , magnetism , mannerism , materialism , mechanism , mercantilism , mesmerism , metabolism , methodism , microorganism , militarism , minimalism , modernism , monasticism , moralism , mutualism , mysticism , narcissism , nationalism , nativism , naturalism , negativism , nepotism , neutralism , opportunism , optimism , organism , ostracism , overoptimism , pacifism , paganism , parallelism , parochialism , pastoralism , paternalism , patriotism , perfectionism , peronism , pessimism , pharisaism , plagiarism , pluralism , populism , positivism , pragmatism , prism , prizm , professionalism , protectionism , protestantism , provincialism , puritanism , racialism , racism , reaganism , recidivism , relativism , republicanism , revisionism , rheumatism , romanticism , satanism , schism , scism , sectarianism , secularism , semitism , sensationalism , separatism , socialism , stalinism , statism , stigmatism , stoicism , supernaturalism , surrealism , symbolism , synergism , territorialism , terrorism , tokenism , totalitarianism , tourism , trism , unilateralism , unionism , voluntarism , zionism