sceptical

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SCEP'TICAL, adjective 1. Doubting; hesitating to admit the certainty of doctrines or principles; doubting of every thing. 2. Doubting or denying the truth of revelation. The sceptical system subverts the whole foundation of morals.
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