adjective
- Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion.
- usage: "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
- synonyms: disbelieving, sceptical, unbelieving
- Marked by or given to doubt.
- usage: "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
- synonyms: doubting, questioning, sceptical
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