acatalepsy

American  

[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.

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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; see a- ⁶, catalepsy) + -ia -ia