n. & adj. (US skeptic)
n. 1 a person inclined to doubt all accepted opinions; a cynic. 2 a person who doubts the truth of Christianity and other religions. 3 hist. a person who accepts the philosophy of Pyrrhonism.
adj. = SCEPTICAL. scepticism n.
[ F sceptique or L scepticus f. Gk skeptikos (as SCEPSIS) ]