# sceptical

Pronunciation: say "SKEP-ti-kuhl" /ˈskɛptɪkəl/

## Adjective

1. Feeling or showing doubt about whether something is true or right; inclined to question rather than accept.
   - Simple: Not sure that something is true or right, or showing that you doubt it.
   - _Many economists remain sceptical of the Chancellor's growth forecasts._
   - _She gave me a sceptical look when I blamed the trains for being late again._
2. Relating to philosophical scepticism, which questions whether certain knowledge is possible, or to the sceptics who held that view.
   - Simple: To do with scepticism, a way of thinking in philosophy that doubts we can be sure of what we know.
   - _Hume's sceptical arguments about cause and effect still trouble philosophers._
   - _The seminar traced the sceptical tradition from Pyrrho to Montaigne._

## Origin

From Latin scepticus or English sceptic, + -al.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sceptical (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).