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epistemicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epis-temi-cism
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered.

Uncountable

Etymology

From epistemic + -ism.

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What does epistemicism mean?
A philosophical position asserting that there are facts about the boundaries of a vague predicate (such as "is thin" or "is bald") which cannot be discovered.
Where does epistemicism come from?
From epistemic + -ism.

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