scepticism
B1CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
NeutralRegister
General noun
A philosophical stance questioning whether certain or any knowledge is genuinely attainable.
Ancient scepticism recommended suspending judgement whenever the evidence remained balanced.
Business noun
A questioning mindset that remains alert to evidence contradicting management's assertions.
Professional scepticism led the auditor to probe the unusually round-numbered accruals booked at year end.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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