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acatalepsy

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/, /əˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/

Noun

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acatalepsy (uncountable)

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

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