Pyrrhonism

noun

Pyr·​rho·​nism ˈpir-ə-ˌni-zəm 

1

: the doctrines of a school of ancient extreme skeptics who suspended judgment on every proposition compare academicism

2

: total or radical skepticism

Pyrrhonist

ˈpir-ə-nist 

noun

Word History

Etymology

French pyrrhonisme, from Pyrrhon Pyrrho, 4th century b.c. Greek. philosopher, from Greek Pyrrhōn

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined at sense 1