sceptic

sceptic
noun
Skeptiker, der/Skeptikerin, die; (with religious doubts) [Glaubens]zweifler, der/-zweiflerin, die
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['skeptik]
(American also skeptic) noun
(a person who is unwilling to believe: Most people now accept this theory, but there are a few sceptics.) der/die Skeptiker(in)
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- sceptically
- scepticism
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scep·tic, AM skep·tic
[ˈskeptɪk]
I. n
1. (sb who doubts) Zweifler(in) m(f)
2. (atheist) Atheist(in) m(f); (sb who doubts the existence of God) Glaubenszweifler(in) m(f)
3. (sb inclined to doubt) Skeptiker(in) m(f)
4. PHILOS (hist) Skeptiker(in) m(f)
II. adj see sceptical
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(US) ['skeptɪk]
n
Skeptiker(in) m(f)
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sceptic, besonders US skeptic [ˈskeptık] s
1. (PHIL meist Sceptic) Skeptiker(in)
2. REL Zweifler(in), allg Ungläubige(r) m/f(m), Atheist(in)
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noun
Skeptiker, der/Skeptikerin, die; (with religious doubts) [Glaubens]zweifler, der/-zweiflerin, die
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(UK) n.
Skeptiker m.

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