scepticism
noun
[ ˈskɛptɪsɪz(ə)m ]
• a sceptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something.
• "these claims were treated with scepticism"
Similar:
doubt,
doubtfulness,
dubiousness,
a pinch of salt,
lack of conviction,
disbelief,
cynicism,
distrust,
mistrust,
suspicion,
misbelief,
incredulity,
pessimism,
defeatism,
dubiety,
Pyrrhonism,
scepsis,
minimifidianism,
agnosticism,
atheism,
non-theism,
unbelief,
non-belief,
rationalism,
• the theory that certain knowledge is impossible.
• "Cartesian scepticism"
