| Main Entry: | skepticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt |
Synonyms: |
agnosticism, apprehension, disbelief, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, hesitation, indecision, lack of confidence, leeriness, questioning, reluctance, suspicion, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | skepticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
aporetic, distrustful, ephectic, inconvincible, incredulous, nullifidian, pyrrhonic, scrupulous, skeptical, suspicious, unbelieving
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| Main Entry: | atheism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief that no God exists |
Synonyms: |
disbelief, doubt, freethinking, godlessness, heresy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, irreligion, irreverence, nihilism, nonbelief, paganism, skepticism, unbelief |
Antonyms: |
belief, godliness, piety, religion |
| Main Entry: | distrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith in something |
Synonyms: |
disbelief, doubt, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, question, skepticism, suspicion, wariness |
| Notes: | to distrust is to suspect someone is dishonest; to mistrust is to merely lack confidence in someone mistrust involves a withholding of confidence, whereas distrust involves a projection of lack of confidence or suspicion |
Antonyms: |
assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, surety, trust |
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith, conviction; questioning |
Synonyms: |
agnosticism, ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, demurral, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, faltering, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, perplexity, problem, qualm, quandary, rejection, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering |
Antonyms: |
belief, certainty, confidence, dependence, faith, reliance, trust |
| Main Entry: | faithlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disloyalty |
Synonyms: |
betrayal, disbelief, dishonesty, doubt, falseness, fickleness, fraud, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, skepticism, treacherousness, treachery, treason, unfaithfulness |
Antonyms: |
belief, constancy, faithfulness, loyalty |
| Main Entry: | hesitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waiting; uncertainty |
Synonyms: |
averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering |
Antonyms: |
certainty, eagerness, go, perseverance, sureness |
| Main Entry: | mistrust |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubtfulness |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, chariness, concern, distrust, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, fear, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wariness, wonder |
Antonyms: |
belief, certainty, confidence, faith, trust |
| Main Entry: | nihilism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal to believe |
Synonyms: |
abnegation, agnosticism, anarchy, atheism, denial, disbelief, disorder, lawlessness, mob rule, nonbelief, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, skepticism, terrorism |
Antonyms: |
belief, faith, obedience, optimism |
| Main Entry: | query |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand for answers |
Synonyms: |
concern, doubt, dubiety, inquiry, interrogation, interrogatory, mistrust, objection, problem, question, questioning, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty |
Antonyms: |
answer, reply |