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a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something
- the demand by skeptics that believers in Bigfoot produce some hard evidence of that hairy humanoid
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“Skeptic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeptic. Accessed 16 May. 2022.
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The first known use of skeptic was in 1587
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