Definition of skepticism
- n. - An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt;
uncertainty.
- n. - The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly
known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism;
universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of
confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical
investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or
assertion of certain principles.
- n. - A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of
the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being,
perfections, or truth of God.