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Webster 1913 Edition


Zetetic

Ze-tet′ic

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to seek: cf. F.
zététique
.]
Seeking; proceeding by inquiry.
Zetetic method
(Math.)
,
the method used for finding the value of unknown quantities by direct search, in investigation, or in the solution of problems.
[R.]
Hutton.

Ze-tet′ic

,
Noun.
A seeker; – a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists.

Webster 1828 Edition


Zetetic

ZETETIC

,
Adj.
[Gr., to seek.] That seeks; that proceeds by inquiry. The zetetic method in mathematics, is that used in investigation, or the solution of problems.

Definition 2024


zetetic

zetetic

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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.

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Noun

zetetic (plural zetetics)

  1. A skeptic.

See also zetetics.

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