noun
: an attitude of doubting the truth of something (such as a claim or statement)
Source – merriam-webster
I encountered this word from the news ” Ancient human ancestor may have persisted through Ice Age” by Kerry Sheridan. I looked at the sentence “….. they were greeted with skepticism by some scientists.” Now I have an idea of this word means when I search in the dictionary. Even though this word may be not common to use at the class, but useful to describe of the real life.
Can you put the sentence in your own words? You’ve left out that part of your glossary entry.
We use the word skepticism when we talk about whether to consider a source as reliable–we need to be skeptical of sources that are out-of-date, or are not relevant based on location or lack of authority.