English
pseudoskeptical
From pseudo- + skeptical.
Formed from pseudo- + skeptical
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
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Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai ‘to look at’
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι ‘to look at, examine’
Ancient Greek σκεπτικός ‘a sceptic, a member of the school of thought…’
Latin scepticus ‘a skeptic, a member of the sect of skeptics’
English skeptical
Today it means
adj Of a skeptic or their views: claiming to approach the disputed issue in a neutral manner, but actually prejudiced against it.
Sources
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