"acatalepsy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /eɪˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/ [US], /əˈkæ.tə.lɛp.si/ [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + καταλαμβάνειν (katalambánein, “to seize”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀ-}} Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Translations (the doctrine that human knowledge never amounts to certainty): ἀκαταληψία (akatalēpsía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ακαταληψία (akatalipsía) [feminine] (Greek), acatalessia [feminine] (Italian), acatalepsia [feminine] (Portuguese)

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