skeptic
English
/ˈskɛp.tɪk/
noun
Definitions
- Someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims presented as accepted by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim.
- Someone undecided as to what is true.
- A type of agnostic; someone skeptical towards religion.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin *scepticus derived from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (inquiring, thoughtful) root from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (look, see).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*speḱ-
Gloss
look, see
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
見
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Euro-skeptic English
- Euro-skeptical English
- Euro-skepticism English
- Euroskeptic English
- Euroskeptical English
- Euroskepticism English
- antiskeptic English
- antiskepticism English
- auspice English
- conspectus English
- conspicuous English
- despicable English
- especially English
- inspect English
- nonskeptic English
- nonskeptical English
- overskeptical English
- perspicacious English
- perspicuous English
- respite English
- scepticism English
- skeptical English
- skepticality English
- skeptically English
- skepticalness English
- skepticism English
- skepticist English
- skepticize English
- skeptopathy English
- species English
- specimen English
- suspicious English
- technoskeptic English
- technoskeptical English
- technoskepticism English
- unskeptical English
- *scepticus Latin
- aspectus Latin
- auspex Latin
- auspicium Latin
- circumspecto Latin
- circumspectō Latin
- conspectus Latin
- conspicuus Latin
- cōnspicuus Latin
- dēspicere Latin
- expectāre Latin
- perspicax Latin
- perspicio Latin
- perspicācitās Latin
- prospectus Latin
- respectus Latin
- retrōspectum Latin
- specialis Latin
- species Latin
- speciēs Latin
- speciōsus Latin
- spectaculum Latin
- spectator Latin
- spectrum Latin
- spectāculum Latin
- speculum Latin
- speculātus Latin
- specus Latin
- suspectus Latin
- suspiciō, suspicio, suspiciōnem Latin
- skeptisch German
- speciale Italian
- specialmente Italian
- spione Italian
- escéptico Spanish, Castilian
- σκέπτομαι Ancient Greek
- σκεπτικός Ancient Greek
- σκοπέω Ancient Greek
- σκοπός Ancient Greek
- ἐπίσκοπος Ancient Greek
- *skep-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *spéḱyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *spₔḱ-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *sḱop Proto-Indo-European
- ceticismo Portuguese
- céptico Portuguese
- *spahō Proto-Germanic
- *spahōną Proto-Germanic
- *spehōną Proto-Germanic
- ærcebiscop Old English
- पश्यति Sanskrit
- biskupligr Old Norse
- biskupsdóttir Old Norse
- biskupskosning Old Norse
- biskupskør Old Norse
- erkibiskupligr Old Norse
- skeptický Czech
- σκεπτικός Greek (modern)
- bespien Middle Dutch
- սպաս Old Armenian
- daler Middle Low German
- spegel Middle Low German
- *spáćati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- auspice
- species
- inspect
- respite
- specimen
- skeptical
- skepticize
- conspectus
- nonskeptic
- especially
- skepticism
- skepticist
- suspicious
- despicable
- scepticism
- skeptically
- unskeptical
- skeptopathy
- Euroskeptic
- conspicuous
- perspicuous
- antiskeptic
- skepticality
- nonskeptical
- Euro-skeptic
- skepticalness
- Euroskeptical
- overskeptical
- perspicacious
- technoskeptic
- Euro-skeptical
- Euroskepticism
- antiskepticism
- Euro-skepticism
- technoskeptical
- technoskepticism