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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.
Definition 2024
zetetic
zetetic
English
Alternative forms
- zetetick (archaic)
Adjective
zetetic (comparative more zetetic, superlative most zetetic)
- (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.
- 1994, Willi Goetschel, Constituting Critique, page 74
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
zetetic (plural zetetics)
- A skeptic.
See also zetetics.
Synonyms
- (skeptic): skeptic