skeptic

IPA: skˈɛptɪk

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
(in particular) Someone who is skeptical towards religion.

Examples of "skeptic" in Sentences

Most businesses fail in some way, so being a skeptic is always a safe bet.
I'm what they call a skeptic myself, but after all, I don't quite like to see a lady become one.
Next, putting quotation marks around the term skeptic is an ad-hom attempt to play the skeptic card.
Actually, the label skeptic gets applied with a rather broad brush in the rather vitriolic discussions at climate blogs.
For this reason, I think that to be a skeptic is the most practical way to be, and that skepticism is actually the most inclusive term.
My question to Judith is how and why is the term skeptic hardly ever used anymore and only the perjorative term “denialist” used instead?
Dr Ball on the other hand does not deserve to be dignified by the term skeptic, "psudeo-skeptic" would be a much more accurate description.
The trouble is, as Brian's post on the excellent video debunking of climate 'gate' shows, when people are willing to jump to crazy and unsubstantiated conclusions at the slightest provocation, the term skeptic just doesn't cut it.