zetetic
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζητητικός (zētētikós, “inquisitive, keen”), from ζητέω (zētéō, “I seek”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
zetetic (not comparable)
- (rare) proceeding by inquiry or investigation
- 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.
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Noun
zetetic (plural zetetics)