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acatalepsy

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[ey-kat-l-ep-see] / eɪˈkæt lˌɛp si /

noun

Philosophy.

  1. an ancient Skeptical view that no more than probable knowledge is available to human beings.

Other Word Forms

  • acataleptic noun

Etymology

Origin of acatalepsy

1595–1605; (< Medieval Latin acatalēpsia ) < Greek akatalēpsía, equivalent to akatalēpt ( eîn ) to not comprehend (verbal derivative of akatálēptos incomprehensible, ungraspable; a- 6, catalepsy ) + -ia -ia

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