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acatalepsy

/eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
acatalep-sy
IPA
/eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce acatalepsy?
The recorded pronunciation is /eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/.
What does acatalepsy mean?
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
Where does acatalepsy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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