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PRONUNCIATION OF SKEPSIS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKEPSIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skepsis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SKEPSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

skepsis

Skepsis

Skepsis or Scepsis was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe, near the town of Bayramiç in Turkey. The settlement is notable for being the location where the famous library of Aristotle was kept before being moved to Pergamum and Alexandria. It was also home to Metrodorus of Scepsis and Demetrius of Scepsis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKEPSIS


ampelopsis
ˌæmpɪˈlɒpsɪs
antisepsis
ˌæntɪˈsɛpsɪs
apsis
ˈæpsɪs
asepsis
əˈsɛpsɪs
coreopsis
ˌkɒrɪˈɒpsɪs
eclipsis
ɪˈklɪpsɪs
ellipsis
ɪˈlɪpsɪs
epanalepsis
ɪˌpænəˈlɛpsɪs
heliopsis
ˌhelɪˈɒpsɪs
meconopsis
ˌmɛkəˈnɒpsɪs
monoblepsis
ˌmɒnəʊˈblɛpsɪs
parablepsis
ˌpærəˈblɛpsɪs
prolepsis
prəʊˈlɛpsɪs
scepsis
ˈskepsɪs
sepsis
ˈsɛpsɪs
stereopsis
ˌstɛrɪˈɒpsɪs
syllepsis
sɪˈlɛpsɪs
synapsis
sɪˈnæpsɪs
synopsis
sɪˈnɒpsɪs
thanatopsis
ˌθænəˈtɒpsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKEPSIS

skelum
sken
skene
skenned
skenning
skeo
skep
skepful
skeptic
skeptical
skeptically
skepticalness
skepticism
skerrick
skerries
skerry
sket
sketch

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKEPSIS

apoapsis
asynapsis
calliopsis
caryopsis
corylopsis
ecthlipsis
krypsis
omphaloskepsis
paraleipsis
paralipsis
parasynapsis
procrypsis
stypsis
thlipsis
tripsis
xerotripsis
zoothapsis

Synonyms and antonyms of skepsis in the English dictionary of synonyms

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скепсис
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skepsis
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Skepsis
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skepsis
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skepsis
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Skepsis
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skepsis
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skepsis
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Translator English - Marathi

स्केप्सिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Skepsis
70 millions of speakers

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scepsi
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skepsis
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скепсис
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Skepsis
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σκέψις
15 millions of speakers
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skepsis
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Skepsis
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Skepsis
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKEPSIS»

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Strabo on the Troad
For the few other inscriptions of Skepsis see Anatolian Studies ; Judeich in Kiepert-Festsckrift tit supra; Munro in J1. H. S. xix 330. Skepsis, like the neighbouring inland town of Kebrene, was a member of the Delian League; it appears in the ...
Strabo, Walter Leaf
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Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
iAeti? survived at Skepsis (as often elsewhere) even under the democracy, we are possibly hearing Demetrios' only evidence for believing in the continuity of a royal family from the very beginning of the city. This belief of his looks like ...
D. R. Shackleton Bailey, 1982
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Heidegger: Off the Beaten Track
We thus restore to the word "skepsis" its original meaning: axeyis signifies the seeing [Sehen], watching [Zuseben], inspecting [Besehen], that oversees [ nachsieht] what and how beings are as beings. Skepsis understood like this follows the ...
Martin Heidegger, Julian Young, Kenneth Haynes, 2002
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AnalyOmen 2: Proceedings of the 2nd Conference "Perspectives ...
Ich möchte im Folgenden ein paar Gründe vorstellen, weshalb man der Annahme, es gebe solche Überzeugungsvorkommnisse, Skepsis oder wenigstens Vorsicht entgegenbringen sollte. Was spricht dagegen, bei Überzeugungen zwischen ...
Georg Meggle, Andreas Mundt, 1997
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The Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia ...
This intention is preserved in a letter Antigonos sent to the city of Skepsis in the Troad announcing the peace that had just been concluded with Kassandros, Lysimachos, and Ptolemy (RC 1.2, 55, 61). In fact, the subsequent experience of  ...
Getzel M. Cohen, 1995
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Silencing the Queen: The Literary Histories of Shelamzion ...
Aqiva later adopted this approach, for his midrashic exercises (e.g. bSanhedrin 72b).l)5 However, while the linguistic conundrum that intrigues Philo, his teacher Skepsis, and later on Rabbi Aqiva is the same, the philosophical answer offered  ...
Ṭal Ilan, 2006
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Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 24 - ...
From Aristotle it passed into the ownership of his friend and successor Theophrastus, who added to it and later gave it to Neleus of Skepsis in the Troad on the assumption that the latter would succeed him as director of the school. Instead ...
Allen Kent, Harold Lancour, Jay E. Daily, 1978
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Ancient Greek Houses and Households: Chronological, ...
Skepsis was well known for its intellectual culture, primarily because of its location near Assos, but the autonomy it had gained from Lysimachos was lost at the Peace of Apamea in 188, when Rome made Skepsis subject to Pergamon as  ...
Bradley A. Ault, Lisa C. Nevett, 2011
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The Historical Geography of Asia Minor
The following towns are on the southern frontier: — Pionia was apparently south or south-west of Skepsis, to judge from Strabo (p. 610), who mentions it along with Andeira and Gargaris. The latter is in Byzantine Asia, and the former is ...
W. M. Ramsay, 2010
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Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State
This is not the case, however, with Skepsis, which Strabo in two passages states to have been included in the synoikism. The Skepsians seem to have joined unwillingly, and were subsequently enabled to return home by Lysimachos. Not only ...
Richard A. Billows, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKEPSIS»

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Wachsende Skepsis gegenüber "Patriot"-Einsatz in der Türkei
Daneben gibt es dann auch noch praktische Gründe, die die Skepsis gegenüber dem "Patriot"-Einsatz wachsen lassen. Ein Einsatz über mehrere Jahre ist für ... «RP ONLINE, Jul 15»
2
Tatendrang gegen große Skepsis
STRASSBURG. Erneuerbare Energien stehen neuerdings auch in Frankreich hoch im Kurs. Noch setzt das Land zu zwei Dritteln auf die Atomkraft. «Badische Zeitung, Jul 15»
3
Euro-Finanzminister beraten über Griechenland - Skepsis in Brüssel
Die Finanzminister der Euro-Staaten beraten weiter über die Griechenland-Krise. Die gestern begonnenen Verhandlungen wurden nun fortgesetzt. «Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Jul 15»
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Eurogruppe sieht Griechenlands Vorschläge mit Skepsis
Brüssel/Athen (Reuters) - Griechenlands Reformvorschläge sind bei den 18 Euro-Partnern am Samstag auf Skepsis gestoßen. Vor einer Sondersitzung der ... «OnVista, Jul 15»
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Skepsis gegenüber Athener Reformpaket
Brüssel (dpa) – Das jüngste Spar- und Reformpaket Griechenlands stößt bei Finanzminister Wolfgang Schäuble und vielen seiner Euro-Kollegen auf Skepsis. «Landeszeitung für die Lüneburger Heide, Jul 15»
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Zwischen Verunsicherung und Skepsis: Zahl der Mers-Patienten in …
11.06.2015 09:52 UhrVon Sascha Karberg. UpdateEin Patient, drei Krankenhäuser und kein Arzt fragte den Patienten mit Atemnot nach seinen Reisen. «tagesspiegel, Jun 15»
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Wachsende Skepsis der Deutschen gegenüber Nato beunruhigt …
Die wachsende Skepsis der Deutschen gegenüber der Nato beunruhigt die Union. Ihr Fraktionsvize im Bundestag, Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU), warnt die ... «FinanzNachrichten.de, Jun 15»
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Vorratsdatenspeicherung - "Große Skepsis in der SPD"
Aber ich will nicht drum herumreden: Nach den Snowden-Enthüllungen und der BND-Affäre herrscht eine große Skepsis gegen Datenspeicherung. Hundert ... «Frankfurter Rundschau, May 15»
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Aus Skepsis wurde Ressentiment
Kurz, Misstrauen und Skepsis gegenüber Euro und EU sind weit verbreitet. Es wäre ratsam, dieser Skepsis einen seriösen politischen Ausdruck zu verschaffen. «DIE WELT, May 15»
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Alt-Bundespräsident: Herzog sympathisiert mit britischer EU-Skepsis
Die Briten stehen wegen ihres euroskeptischen Kurses in der Kritik. Unterstützung erhalten sie nun von Altbundespräsident Herzog: Er sei für eine starke EU, ... «DIE WELT, May 15»

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