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- What is the difference between skeptical and cynical?
By extension, it has come to mean “doubting something will happen”, which can be somewhat close in meaning to skeptical in some cases, but not generally As an example, in the sentence “John is skeptical about the motorway extension”, you could replace skeptical with cynical without altering the meaning In the sentence “John is
- What is the right preposition after skeptical?
You pose two different uses of the word and thought In the one case a speaker is skeptical "of" a "truth" and in the later he is "posing" (in) skepticism as a position One who is skeptical of a "truth" is in fact doubtful of its authenticity One who poses as a skeptic writes regarding his belief in the inaccuracy of the given "truth "
- Why did sceptical become skeptical in the US?
The earliest occurrence of sceptical (or skeptical) that I've been able to find in an English dictionary is in Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words, or a Generall Dictionary (1658): Sceptical , (Greek) contemplative, whence Scepticks are a sort of Philosophers who onely consider and contemplate of things without determining any thing
- expressions - The phrase - I remain sceptical vs I continue to . . .
"I am skeptical" refers only to the present time and carries no implied information about my skepticism in the past, or any events that might have changed it "continue to remain skeptical" is a bit of a tautology "Continue to be skeptical" and "remain skeptical" mean the same thing However "continue to remain" is fairly common usage
- single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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- Is there a word for someone whos skeptical only of statements that . . .
I think of a skeptic as one who thinks critically of whatever statement they encounter (looking for alternate explanations, questioning sources, etc ) Is there a different word for unevenly applied
- Terminology - What is the exact word to describe being skeptical of . . .
You could consider the term scapegoater While this exact word does not appear to be listed in the stock online dicitonaries, it does appear in literature, beginning around 1910, and increasing in usage after 1940, as evidenced by this ngram
- Meaning of positively skeptical? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I hope it works I can't wait to see it and to try it But until I do, I (remain) positively skeptical "' My question is, does can "positively" convey any traces of the following: "I'm certainly skeptical; my viewpoint will not shift from being skeptical to wishfully thinking the product will succeed, until I have seen it and tried it "
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