“Skepticism” or “Scepticism”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “skepticism” and 3 prefer “scepticism”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	skepticism	scepticism	Preference
United States	93	7	“skepticism”
United Kingdom	43	57	“scepticism”
India	57	43	“skepticism”
Philippines	92	8	“skepticism”
Canada	83	17	“skepticism”
Australia	48	52	“scepticism”
Liberia	100	0	“skepticism”
Ireland	41	59	“scepticism”
New Zealand	60	40	“skepticism”
Jamaica	100	0	“skepticism”
Trinidad & Tobago	56	44	“skepticism”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“skepticism”

…the bombs and people's understandable skepticism are working against them as,…
…way that has similarities with skepticism, Epicureanism, and also Buddhism.
The Senator also expressed skepticism towards the Syria agreement, which…
…class:There may be a justified skepticism about liberal claims in education,…
…of Darwinism, positivism, and religious skepticism.
…of the essay and modern skepticism, argued that the process of…
…efforts he was met with skepticism because of remarks he made,…
Senate Article — Global Warming Skepticism
…own devil's advocate, through voiced skepticism, and keeping the plot more…
Cryonics is regarded with skepticism within the mainstream scientific community…

“scepticism”

…or apathetic votes and the scepticism against elected officials.
…Morris topped off his officials' scepticism with his own brand of…
…Friedrich Schleiermacher and the historical scepticism of Niebuhr and Wolf—was the…
…of Christian Theology and Modern Scepticism (1872), and Monarchy and Democracy
Szasz's scepticism regarding syndromally defined diseases –…
There is still some scepticism about the premise that taxpayers…
…but was still regarded with scepticism in some quarters.
…also have been a growing scepticism and with relative peace and…
Parapsychology and scepticism
…although a weaker definition of scepticism (i.e.

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