Dictionary Entry
acatalepsy
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ak-uh-tal-ep-see/the belief that nothing can be known with certainty; a doctrine of uncertainty
In a Sentence
“The philosopher argued that acatalepsy prevents us from claiming absolute truth about the universe.”
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Origin
from Greek a‑‘not’ + katalepsis ‘grasp, comprehension’
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