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acatalepsy

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ā kat′l ep′sē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
a•cat•a•lep•sy  (ā kat′l ep′sē),USA pronunciation n. [Philos.]
  1. Philosophyan ancient Skeptical view that no more than probable knowledge is available to human beings.
  • Greek akatalēpsía, equivalent. to akatalēpt(eîn) to not comprehend (verb, verbal derivative of akatálēptos incomprehensible, ungraspable; see a-6, catalepsy) + -ia -ia
  • Medieval Latin acatalēpsia)
  • 1595–1605; (

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