The word you're looking for is "skeptical." It describes a state of doubt or questioning regarding the truth or validity of a claim or belief. A skeptical person often seeks evidence or reasoning before accepting something as true.
what is another word for something accepted as true
Fiction
discerning
The word 'fact' is a noun, a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for something known or believed to be true; a word for a concept, a word for a thing.
The word you're looking for is "skeptical." It describes a state of doubt or questioning regarding the truth or validity of a claim or belief. A skeptical person often seeks evidence or reasoning before accepting something as true.
Wondering about the veracity of something
DOUBTing
Doubting
what is another word for something accepted as true
I'm not doubting your story, I just have a few clarifying questions to ask.
I was doubting that she was telling the truth^ In this answer doubting is used as a verb. The word doubting can be used as a verb (somehow informal because DOUBT is a stative verb). It can also be used as an adjective according to some dictionaries (although dubious would be the best word)It was a very doubting/dubious answer (an adjective)
Of course it's a word. It means whether something can be eaten or not....
you have a choice whether you want to do something
plausible
Confidence.
The term for this is cynicicm, and the person is a cynic.