Etymology · Ancient Greek
ἐπιστήμη
5 English words descend from Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη, most common first.
- epistemologyThe branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
- epistemicOf or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired.
- epistemeScientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
- epistemophiliaAn excessive love of, or striving for, knowledge.
- epistocracyA rule by citizens with political knowledge, or a proposed political system which concentrates political power in citizens according to their knowledge.