noun
1. doubt about the truth of something (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑incredulity, ↑skepticism, ↑mental rejection
• Derivationally related forms: ↑skeptical (for: ↑skepticism), ↑incredulous (for: ↑incredulity)
• Hypernyms: ↑doubt, ↑uncertainty, ↑incertitude, ↑dubiety, ↑doubtfulness, ↑dubiousness
2. a rejection of belief
• Syn: ↑unbelief
• Hypernyms: ↑content, ↑cognitive content, ↑mental object
• Hyponyms: ↑agnosticism, ↑skepticism, ↑scepticism, ↑atheism
Useful english dictionary. 2012.