Definition of "sceptic" [scep•tic]

• Variant of skeptic. (noun)

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• "We might help to promote a more constructive debate, however, by being "as explicit as possible about what we are talking about when we use the term sceptic"."
• "If you instinctively interpret that sentence as a reference to the battle-scarred topic of climate change, then it is a mark of how successfully those opposed to the scientific consensus on climate change have appropriated the term sceptic ". army of Freedom of Information requesters currently swarming around climate science databases?"
• "The difference by the way between a denialist and a sceptic is important."