Usually means: Questioning validity of beliefs, claims.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word skepticism:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. skepticism: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. skepticism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. skepticism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. skepticism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. skepticism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Skepticism, skepticism: Wordnik
  7. skepticism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. skepticism: Wiktionary
  9. skepticism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. skepticism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. skepticism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. skepticism: Dictionary.com
  13. skepticism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Skepticism (band), Skepticism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Skepticism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. skepticism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. skepticism: Rhymezone
  18. Skepticism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. skepticism: Free Dictionary
  20. skepticism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. skepticism: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. skepticism: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  2. Philosophy of Mind (No longer online)
  3. The Ism Book (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skepticism: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Skepticism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skepticism: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

(Note: See skepticisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The practice or philosophy of being a skeptic.
noun:  A studied attitude of questioning and doubt
noun:  The doctrine that absolute knowledge is not possible
noun:  A methodology that starts from a neutral standpoint and aims to acquire certainty through scientific or logical observation.
noun:  Doubt or disbelief of religious doctrines

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