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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

taking or maintaining an attitude of doubt towards something;

e.g. His claim of turning lead into gold was met with skepticism.

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Similar Words

Disillusion

Distrust

Doubt

Dubiety

Incertitude

Misgiving

Mistrust

Paranoia

Query

Reservation

Suspicion

Uncertainty

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Opposite Words

Assurance

Belief

Certainty

Certitude

Confidence

Conviction

Credence

Credit

Credulity

Faith

Fanaticism

Idealism

Innocence

Naivete

Naivety

Optimism

Simplicity

Stock

Surety

Trust

Unsophistication

Viridity

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Related Words

Anxiety

Challenge

Complaint

Compunction

Concern

Demur

Disbelief

Disinclination

Exception

Expostulation

Hesitancy

Incredulity

Kick

Misgiving

Niggle

Nonbelief

Objection

Paranoia

Protest

Qualm

Question

Reluctance

Reticence

Scruple

Stink

Tremor

Unbelief

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