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Euroscepticism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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noun

Meaning 1

Opposition to or scepticism of increasing European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Opposition to or scepticism of the increasing powers of the European Union.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Euro- + scepticism.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: euroeszeptizismo — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Belarusian: еўраскептыцы́зм (jewraskjeptycýzm) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Bulgarian: евроскептици́зъм (evroskepticízǎm) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Catalan: euroescepticisme — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Chinese Cantonese: 疑歐主義 /疑欧主义 (ji4 au1 zyu2 ji6) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Czech: euroskepticismus — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Danish: euroskepticisme — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Esperanto: eŭroposkeptikismo — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Estonian: euroskeptitsism — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Finnish: euroskeptisismi — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Finnish: euroskeptisyys — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • French: euroscepticisme — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Galician: euroescepticismo — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Georgian: ევროსკეპტიციზმი (evrosḳeṗṭicizmi) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • German: Euroskepsis — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • German: Euroskeptizismus — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • German: EU-Skepsis — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • German: EU-Skeptizismus — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Greek: ευρωσκεπτικισμός (evroskeptikismós) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Hebrew: אירוסקפטיות — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Hungarian: euroszkepticizmus — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Italian: euroscetticismo — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Japanese: 欧州懐疑主義 — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Korean: 유럽회의주의 (yureophoe'uijuui) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Latvian: eiroskeptisms — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Macedonian: евроскептицизам (evroskepticizam) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Norwegian Bokmål: euroskeptisisme — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: euroskeptisisme — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Polish: eurosceptycyzm — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Portuguese: euroceticismo — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Romanian: euroscepticism — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Russian: евроскептици́зм (jevroskepticízm) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Slovak: euroskepticizmus — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Spanish: euroescepticismo — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Swedish: euroskepticism — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Swedish: EU-skepticism — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Ukrainian: євроскептици́зм (jevroskeptycýzm) — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa hoài nghi châu Âu — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU
  • Welsh: Ewrosceptigiaeth — scepticism of increasing powers of the EU