be skeptical

be skeptical
index disbelieve, doubt (distrust), impugn, misdoubt, mistrust, suspect (distrust)

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  • Skeptical Investigations — URL http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Skeptical Inquirer — País  Estados Unidos Fundación 1976 …   Wikipedia Español

  • skeptical — I adjective agnostic, cynical, disbelieving, distrustful, distrusting, doubting, dubious, faithless, free thinking, heretical, heterodox, iconoclastic, incredulous, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, suspecting, suspicious, unbelieving, uncertain …   Law dictionary

  • skeptical — also sceptical; see SKEPTIC (Cf. skeptic) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Skeptically …   Etymology dictionary

  • skeptical — [adj] disbelieving, leery agnostic, aporetic, cynical, dissenting, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, hesitating, incredulous, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, show me*, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced; concept 403 Ant …   New thesaurus

  • skeptical — [skep′ti kəl] adj. 1. of or characteristic of skeptics or skepticism 2. not easily persuaded or convinced; doubting; questioning 3. doubting the fundamental doctrines of religion skeptically adv …   English World dictionary

  • Skeptical Inquirer — Infobox Magazine title = Skeptical Inquirer editor = Kendrick Frazier editor title = Editor in Chief frequency = Bi monthly category = circulation = 50,000 [Citation publication date = 2002 09 18 title = The bull fighter periodical = City… …   Wikipedia

  • Skeptical Inquirer — Le Skeptical Inquirer the magazine for science and reason est un magazine bimestriel américain fondé et publié par le Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) depuis 1976. Le siège social du magazine est situé à Amherst (New York). Selon le CSI, la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • skeptical — 01. Even the most [skeptical] scientists now admit that global warming is a serious problem. 02. It was hard for Clara not to be [skeptical] when her new boyfriend promised to be faithful to her once she found out that he had cheated on all his… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • Skeptical hypothesis — A skeptical hypothesis is a hypothetical situation which can be used in an argument for skepticism about a particular claim or class of claims. Usually the hypothesis posits the existence of a deceptive power that deceives our senses and… …   Wikipedia

  • Skeptical Inquirer — Das Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), (vormals Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal – CSICOP) ist eine in den USA angesiedelte, aber international arbeitende Organisation der Skeptikerbewegung, die 1976 von… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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