epistemic

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired.
2. (broadly, not-comparable) Of or relating to how cognition or knowledge is expressed in language.
3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to epistemology (“the branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge”); epistemologic or epistemological.

Opposite of

nonepistemic, deontic

Synonyms

epistemological

cognitive

neuromarketing

Translations

épistémique

epistemisch

epistêmico

epistemisch

épistémologique

erkennend

cognitif

cognitiu

erkenntnismäßig

cognitiu -iva

erkenntnistheoretisch

kognitiv

cognitivo

conoscitivo

epistèmic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛpɪˈstiːmɪk/

Etymology

Cognate with Greek: επιστημικός

In summary

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).