epistemic

Meanings

Adjective

of or relating to epistemology
- "epistemic modal"

Adj

Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired.
Of or relating to how cognition or knowledge is expressed in language.
Of or relating to epistemology (“the branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge”); epistemologic or epistemological.

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*h₁epi
From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “knowledge; science”) + English -ic (suffix meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives from nouns) (compare modern Greek επιστημικός (epistimikós, “relating to science, scientific”)). Ἐπιστήμη (Epistḗmē) is derived from ἐπῐ́στᾰμαι (epĭ́stămai, “to have knowledge of, know”) (from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, prefix meaning ‘all over; on, on top of’) + ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ, “to stand; to weigh”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”))) + -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns).

Synonyms

epistemological

Antonyms

deontic, nonepistemic

Scrabble Score: 15

epistemic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
epistemic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
epistemic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

epistemic is a valid Words With Friends word