"sceptic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ Audio: En-us-sceptic.ogg Forms: more sceptic [comparative], most sceptic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛptɪk Head templates: {{en-adj}} sceptic (comparative more sceptic, superlative most sceptic)
  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of skeptic. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-sceptic-en-adj-MM-SQAND Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): Commonwealth English

Noun

IPA: /ˈskɛp.tɪk/ Audio: En-us-sceptic.ogg Forms: sceptics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛptɪk Head templates: {{en-noun}} sceptic (plural sceptics)
  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of skeptic. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: Britsceptic
    Sense id: en-sceptic-en-noun-MM-SQAND Disambiguation of People: 50 50 Categories (other): Commonwealth English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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