zetetic
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- zetetick (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζητητικός (zētētikos, “inquisitive, keen”), from ζητέω (zēteō, “I seek”).
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[edit] Adjective
zetetic (comparative more zetetic, superlative most zetetic)
- (rare) Arrived at through inquiry.
- 1994, Willi Goetschel, Constituting Critique, page 74
- The zetetic approach or, as Kant translates it, the searching approach, becomes the element by means of which the discourse develops, the medium in which philosophical thinking occurs.
- 1994, Willi Goetschel, Constituting Critique, page 74
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[edit] Translations
proceed by inquiry
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[edit] Noun
zetetic (plural zetetics)
- A skeptic.
[edit] Synonyms
- (skeptic): skeptic
