Skeptic

Definitions

1. Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
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2. Someone who is skeptical towards religion.
   US

Equivalents

Examples

“But for the fly⟳ he might have⟳ made me think⟳ He had been at his poetry , comparing Nailhead with fly⟳ and fly⟳ with huckleberry : How like⟳ a fly⟳ , how very like⟳ a fly⟳ . But the real fly⟳ he missed would never do ; The missed fly⟳ made me dangerously skeptic.[…]”

“The official account of this meeting was that it ended in failure, with the Taliban's mullah Omar telling General Ahmed, “Osama will be the last⟳ person to leave⟳ Afghanistan.” The 9/11 skeptics believe⟳ that meeting was meant to fail⟳.”

“Even skeptics of the policy acknowledge that the Army conducted an exemplary insourcing program⟳ that successfully counteracted the Comptroller's budget ...”

“The Buddha's perfect body is particularly important in these tropes, and it serves to persuade⟳ skeptics of his claims to ultimate authority.”

“Skeptics of this alliance were proven right because this partnership lasted only for a few years. Once Albania broke off diplomatic relations […]”

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