acatalepsy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Translations

the doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty

• Greek: ακαταληψία (el) f (akatalipsía)

  Ancient Greek: ἀκαταληψία f (akatalēpsía)

• Italian: acatalessia f
• Portuguese: acatalepsia f