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skepticize

skepticize verb: to doubt; to be skeptical.

Verb

skepticize (third-person singular simple present skepticizes, present participle skepticizing, simple past and past participle skepticized)

  1. To doubt; to be skeptical
    • to skepticize, where no one else will […] hesitate1709, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “The Moralists, a Philosophical Rhapsody”, in Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, volume II, London, published 1732

Forms of skepticize

third-person singular presentskepticizes
present participleskepticizing
past participleskepticized
pastskepticized

Origin of skepticize

From skeptic + -ize.

Questions about skepticize

What does skepticize mean?
Skepticize means to doubt; to be skeptical.
What part of speech is skepticize?
Skepticize is a verb.
What is the past tense of skepticize?
The past tense of skepticize is skepticized.

Words near skepticize in the dictionary

  1. skepticising
  2. skepticism
  3. skepticisms
  4. skepticist
  5. skepticists
  6. skepticize
  7. skepticized
  8. skepticizes
  9. skepticizing
  10. skeptick
  11. skepticks

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