acatalepsy

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US/eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/US/əˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/

noun

Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

OriginAncient Greek ἀ- →
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Meanings

nounacatalepsy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableIncomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀ-
  2. Englishacatalepsy

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + καταλαμβάνειν (katalambánein, “to seize”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀκαταληψία
  • ἀκαταληψία (akatalēpsía)the doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty
Greek ακαταληψία
  • ακαταληψία (akatalipsía)the doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty
Italian acatalessia
  • acatalessiathe doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty
Portuguese acatalepsia
  • acatalepsiathe doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty
Spanish acatalepsia
  • acatalepsiathe doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty
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APA

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Chicago

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