n. 怀疑论者;怀疑者;无神论者
skeptic 怀疑论者,怀疑者
来自拉丁语 scepticus,怀疑学派,字面意思即 the sect of Skeptics,古希腊时期的一个学术派别, 来自希腊语 skeptikos,怀疑的,思考的,来自 skeptesthai,看,思考,词源同 scope,telescope. 引申词义怀疑论者,怀疑者。
Skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found. [Miguel de Unamuno, "Essays and Soliloquies," 1924]The extended sense of "one with a doubting attitude" first recorded 1610s. The sk- spelling is an early 17c. Greek revival and is preferred in U.S. As a verb, scepticize (1690s) failed to catch on.