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Plural of skeptic

regular plural

The plural of skeptic is skeptics.

Forms of skeptic

Singularskeptic /ˈskɛp.tɪk/
Pluralskeptics
Countablecountable

Skeptics in a sentence

  • The Buddha's perfect body is particularly important in these tropes, and it serves to persuade skeptics of his claims to ultimate authority.2012, John Powers, A Bull of a Man, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 22
  • Some skeptics have attributed changing temperatures to forces out of our control, such as axial procession.From the entry force
  • Many crypto bros try to silence skeptics with the same mic drop: “Have fun staying poor.”2022 March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry mic drop
  • As unsubstantiated claims receive significant backing, skeptics and defenders of mainstream science enter the fray.2011, Taner Edis, Science and Nonbelief, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry mainstream
  • Skeptics might say her declared lesbiandom made her more desirable to me.2007, Glamour, volume 105, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 130. From the entry lesbiandom

Meaning of skeptic

  1. noun Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
  2. noun Someone who is skeptical towards religion.
  3. adjective Skeptical.

Full definition of skeptic

Questions about the plural of skeptic

What is the plural of skeptic?
The plural of skeptic is skeptics.
Is skeptic countable?
Skeptic is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skeptic (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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