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Skepticism is a general attitude of distrusting or doubting.

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When you look at a fact with great doubt as to whether it is true or not, this is an example of skepticism.

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See skepticism in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the doctrines of the ancient Greek Skeptics
the critical philosophical position that neither truth nor sure and certain knowledge are humanly attainable, whether through reason, the senses, or any other means
skeptical or doubting attitude or state of mind
doubt about fundamental religious doctrines

See skepticism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also scep·ti·cism

noun

A doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind; dubiety. See Synonyms at uncertainty.
Philosophy
a. The ancient school of Pyrrho of Elis that stressed the uncertainty of our beliefs in order to oppose dogmatism.
b. The doctrine that absolute knowledge is impossible, either in a particular domain or in general.
c. A methodology based on an assumption of doubt with the aim of acquiring approximate or relative certainty.
Doubt or disbelief of religious tenets.

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