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)

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

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