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epistemic - 2 dictionary results

ep⋅i⋅ste⋅mic

  [ep-uh-stee-mik, -stem-ik]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to knowledge or the conditions for acquiring it.
Origin:
1920–25; < Gk epistēmikós, equiv. to epistm(ē) knowledge + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
ep⋅i⋅ste⋅mi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ep·i·ste·mic   (ěp'ĭ-stē'mĭk)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or involving knowledge; cognitive.

[From Greek epistēmē, knowledge; see epistemology.]
ep'i·ste'mi·cal·ly adv.
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