Skeptic: alternatives and connections

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher form…

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Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

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One who advocates the doctrine of pessimism; -- opposed to optimist.

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To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

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Alt. of Scepticism

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