zetetic

English

WOTD – 14 April 2009

Alternative forms

• zetetick (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ζητητικός (zētētikós, “inquisitive, keen”), from ζητέω (zētéō, “I seek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zəˈtɛt.ɪk/

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Adjective

zetetic (comparative more zetetic, superlative most zetetic)

1. (rare) Seeking; proceeding by 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.

Derived terms

• zetetically

Translations

proceeding by inquiry

• Esperanto: zetetika
• Finnish: zeteettinen
• French: zététique (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: zetetico
• Occitan: zetetic

Noun

zetetic (plural zetetics)

1. A skeptic.

See also zetetics.

Synonyms

• (skeptic): skeptic

Translations

a skeptic

• Czech: skeptik m
• Finnish: skeptikko (fi)
• French: zététique (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: zetetic
• Russian: ске́птик (ru) m (sképtik)
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-chreidmheach m