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How to use skepticism in a sentence

27 example sentences · noun

Skepticism means the practice or philosophy of being a skeptic. Example: “Despite the DOJ's findings, skepticism persists among some of Trump's supporters and critics.”

More sentences with skepticism

  • Despite the DOJ's findings, skepticism persists among some of Trump's supporters and critics.2025 July 11, Jesus Mesa and Gabe Whisnant, “Steve Bannon Issues Midterm Warning to Republicans Over Epstein Files”, in Newsweek. From the entry black-pilled
  • The cancellation has fueled skepticism and disappointment among Adele’s Daydreamers, her fandom.2022 January 25, Linda Hasco, “Adele’s postponed Las Vegas residency: She’s apologized, but do we really know what’s behind it?”, in…. From the entry daydreamer
  • Alma isn’t made of stone, even if she approaches her strange situation with a rational skepticism.2021 September 16, A. A. Dowd, “Dan Stevens as a dashing robot lover? That computes”, in AV Club. From the entry made of stone
  • I called Nunberg back and told him, "Bold move, Cotton,” and expressed my skepticism it would work.2019, Steve Deace, Truth Bombs: Confronting the Lies Conservatives Believe (To Our Own Demise), Post Hill Press, →ISBN. From the entry bold move, Cotton
  • The destructive lionly skepticism burns all bridges to prior beliefs and presuppositions.1994, George David Miller, An Idiosyncratic Ethics. From the entry lionly
  • But it did introduce at least one new idea to mainstream rock: a collective sense of self-aware skepticism.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN. From the entry grunge
  • That said, Capulet's skepticism has a sound rationale.2020, Michael Strevens, The Knowledge Machine. From the entry capulet
  • Call this the apraxia problem for skepticism.2020 June 9, Kelly Arenson, The Routledge Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry apraxia
  • Gelli also expressed skepticism about Calvi's ability to climb out over the scaffolding in his leather-soled city shoes.2013 September 23, Philip Willan, The Vatican at War: From Blackfriars Bridge to Buenos Aires, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 257. From the entry suicide
  • Anything that even smelled of tradition or orthodoxy aroused absolute skepticism in him; actually, it raised his shackles instantly.2011 August 1, Latika Mangrulkar, Life Happens, and Death Too: Stories and Poems, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry raise someone's shackles
  • Empiricism has its roots in Greek and Roman sophism and skepticism, and continues through Kant and American pragmatism.2003, Murray Leaf, “Ethnography and Pragmatism”, in Alfonso Morales, editor, Renascent Pragmatism: Studies in Law and Social Science…. From the entry sophism
  • Many within our community view childrearing with skepticism or disdain.1993 October, Nancy D. Polikoff, “Lesbian And Gay Parenting: What's At Stake?”, in Gay Community News, page 14. From the entry affirmatively
  • Most who have argued for evaluativism have been interested in establishing skepticism, and have assumed that evaluativism implied skepticism.1989, Raymond Martin, The Past Within Us: An Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry evaluativism
  • On the one hand, there is deep skepticism of Washington-based power — think of the tea party and its “Don’t tread on me” bumper stickers.2025 February 26, Aziz Huq, “Conservatives on the Supreme Court May Not Fully Align With Trump”, in Politico. From the entry muscular
  • This is how Hobbes thinks that he avoids skepticism (not “I think; therefore, I am,” but “I define x as y; therefore, x is y”).2012, A[loysius] P[atrick] Martinich, “Law and Self-Preservation in Leviathan: On Misunderstanding Hobbes’s Philosophy, 1650–1700”, in…. From the entry I think; therefore, I am
  • But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices.2025 February 1, Tami Luhby, Eric Bradner and Rene Marsh, “Federal employees confused, angered by Trump’s offer to quit”, in CNN. From the entry confusion
  • Biden will face skepticism from reform advocates critical of his role championing tough on crime legislation that had a disproportionate impact on low income communities and communities of color.2020 December 14, Candice Norwood, Daniel Bush, “What a Biden administration could mean for criminal justice reform”, in PBS Newshour. From the entry tough on crime
  • The Amazing Meeting, an annual celebration of science and skepticism founded by the magician and quackbuster James Randi, sells out in hours in both Britain and the United States.2013, Mark Henderson, The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters, page 26. From the entry quackbuster
  • Our dissatisfaction with algebraism arises from what we believe to be a reasonable skepticism concerning the arbitrary production of fictions for the sake of systematic neatness.2013, Katherine Munn, Barry Smith, Applied Ontology: An Introduction, page 77. From the entry algebraism
  • A case that proves an exception to this rule is his discussion of the so-called “eagle stone” in which he expresses his skepticism about its magical qualities.2013, George R. Rapp, Archaeomineralogy, page 6. From the entry eagle stone
  • It may be thought that this leads to an even more radical skepticism than that envisaged by Descartes, since now even the cogito may be questioned.2009 May, Ernest Sosa, “Précis of A Virtue Epistemology”, in Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the…. From the entry cogito
  • I think that theories like mereological nihilism are interesting in the way that epistemological skepticism is interesting, the main question for both being how do we avoid this?2008 August 13, Jonathan Schaffer, “Truthmaker commitments”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI. From the entry mereological
  • The judge's wretchedness is a reflex of Augustine's skepticism about the possibility of justice in this world, and his deep conviction about the genuine lamentability of law's serious imperfections.2001, Kevin Crotty, Law's Interior, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry lamentability
  • Despite skepticism regarding the degree of forecasting, the authors' presentation of historical events is comprehensive and arguments for their organization into a cyclical method of four era saeculums convincing.1997, The Bulletin of Historical Research in Music Education, Volume 19, University of Kansas, page 203. From the entry saeculum
  • Descartes adopts the tool of a radical skepticism, submitting to question established beliefs, exposing them to the test of doubt, breaking them down when they prove doubtable.1971, L. J. Swingle, “On Reading Romantic Poetry”, in PMLA, volume 86, number 5, page 976. From the entry doubtable
  • In these cases the market has sufficient skepticism as to the continuation of the unusually high profits to value them conservatively, and conversely when earnings are low or nonexistent.1949, Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 165. From the entry conversely
  • The solid evidence he had acquired impressed the Soviet Academy of Sciences and quashed the skepticism and indifference with which many scientists had previously greeted stories of the strange superblast.1976, John Baxter, Thomas Atkins, The Fire Came by: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion, Garden City, page 77. From the entry superblast

Meaning of skepticism

  1. noun The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
  2. noun A studied attitude of questioning and doubt.
  3. noun The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible.

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Questions about skepticism in a sentence

How do you use skepticism in a sentence?
Skepticism is used as a noun. For example: “Despite the DOJ's findings, skepticism persists among some of Trump's supporters and critics.”
What is a short sentence with skepticism?
“Call this the apraxia problem for skepticism.”
What does skepticism mean?
Skepticism means the practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.

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