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epistemic

[ ep-uh-stee-mik, -stem-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to knowledge or the conditions for acquiring it.


epistemic

/ ˌɛpɪˈstiːmɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to knowledge or epistemology
  2. denoting the branch of modal logic that deals with the formalization of certain epistemological concepts, such as knowledge, certainty, and ignorance. See also doxastic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌepisˈtemically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • epi·stemi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epistemic1

1920–25; < Greek epistēmikós, equivalent to epistḗm ( ē ) knowledge + -ikos -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epistemic1

C20: from Greek epistēmē knowledge
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Example Sentences

It has become routine to lament how political partisans cannot break out of their “media silos,” creating an “epistemic crisis” in which voters exclusively receive information that reinforces their biases.

From Salon

Though the actions are similar, there are differences and the Johns Hopkins team surmised observers would be able to detect another person's "epistemic goals" just by watching them.

"People deprived of epistemic agency and subjective insight in their own life will reassert it, in ways that also explain the exclusion. That doesn’t mean they will correctly discover the specific causes for their exclusion."

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Trump understood that there was great demand for a leader who would stick his thumb in our eyes on a daily basis and reject the whole epistemic regime that we rode in on.

Government always needs but rarely has epistemic humility, an understanding not just of what it does not know, but what it cannot know.

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