- a variation of skeptic.
sceptic
Example Sentences
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Saidu, whose job is to empty sceptic tanks, is believed to have been selling the faeces to farmers to use as fertiliser - a common practice in the region, but which is rarely publicly acknowledged.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
So does Kennedy - probably the country's most famous vaccine sceptic – have a point, or is he making a monumental miscalculation?
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Kennedy, though, has hired David Geier, a noted vaccine sceptic, to look again at the data.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Geier is a leading vaccine sceptic who was fined by the state of Maryland for practicing medicine without a medical degree or licence and prescribing dangerous treatments to autistic children.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025
So there ended my attempt to convince Dr. H——, and I have often thought since that he was but a type of the genus sceptic.
From There is no Death by Florence Marryatt