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acatalepsy (s) (noun) (no plural)
1. An ancient view that no more than probable knowledge is available to human beings: The explorers found the ancient documents about acatalepsy which clarified the Skeptical theories of knowledge.
2. The impossibility of complete discovery or comprehension; incomprehensibility: For Dave's cousin, advanced mathematics is an exercise in acatalepsy, reaching new degrees of not understanding.
3. The ancient doctrine that nothing can be known with certainty: Enrique's historical statement suggests that medical diagnostic or prognostic acatalepsy is inherently uncertain.
This entry is located in the following units: a-, an- (page 3) cata-, cat-, cath-, kata- (page 1) -lepsy, -lepsia, -lepsis, -leptic (page 1)