What does sceptic mean?
Sceptic means (British spelling) Alternative spelling of skeptic..
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/ˈskɛp.tɪk/ · noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of skeptic..
Not long since O’Connell beat the sceptic geologists of the British Association of nonsense and “science” all to nothing by a discovery of fossil Whigs—very extraordinary and ferocious creatures they must have been in their day, which, of course, was far anterior to the creation of the world, according to the Mosaic account, which the bone-grubbing “philosophers” of the chalk formations have so properly exploded.
The black race, much inferior to the Arab in intellectual power and in steadiness of will, are at the same time free from the sceptic distrustfulness and deep jealousy so common among their white fellow-citizens.
As I said, my experience was: I travelled to Russia as a sceptic person and I returned as a European.
Use sceptic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sceptic means (British spelling) Alternative spelling of skeptic..
Common synonyms include skeptic, doubter.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Not long since O’Connell beat the sceptic geologists of the British Association of nonsense and “science” all to nothing by a discovery of fossil Whigs—very extraordinary and ferocious creatures they must have been in their day, which, of course, was far anterior to the creation of the world, according to the Mosaic account, which the bone-grubbing “philosophers” of the chalk formations have so properly exploded.
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