"skepticize" meaning in English

See skepticize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: skepticizes [present, singular, third-person], skepticizing [participle, present], skepticized [participle, past], skepticized [past]
Etymology: skeptic + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|skeptic|ize}} skeptic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} skepticize (third-person singular simple present skepticizes, present participle skepticizing, simple past and past participle skepticized)
  1. To doubt; to pretend to doubt everything.
    Sense id: en-skepticize-en-verb-OHJFTO8d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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