Bible Dictionaries
Skepticism

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.

(2):

(n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.

(3):

(n.) An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Skepticism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/skepticism.html. 1828.