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skepticism

skep·ti·cism [ sképti sìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. doubting attitude: an attitude marked by a tendency to doubt what others accept to be true

2. doubt of religion: a doubting attitude toward religious beliefs

3. philosophy 
Another spelling of  Skepticism


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