Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "acatalepsy" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF ACATALEPSY

acatalepsy  [eɪˈkætəˌlɛpsɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACATALEPSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acatalepsy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACATALEPSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Acatalepsy

Acatalepsy, in philosophy, is incomprehensibleness, or the impossibility of comprehending or conceiving a thing. The Pyrrhonians attempted to show, while Academic skeptics of the Platonic Academy asserted an absolute acatalepsia; all human science or knowledge, according to them, went no further than to appearances and verisimilitude. It is the antithesis of the Stoic doctrine of catalepsy or Apprehension. According to the Stoics, catalepsy was true perception, but to the Skeptics, all perceptions were acataleptic, i.e. bore no conformity to the objects perceived, or, if they did bear any conformity, it could never be known.

Definition of acatalepsy in the English dictionary

The definition of acatalepsy in the dictionary is the state of being impossible to conceive or understand. Philisophical doctrine stating that human knowledge is never certain.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACATALEPSY


antiepilepsy
ˌæntɪˈɛpɪlɛpsɪ
autopsy
ˈɔːtəpsɪ
biopsy
ˈbaɪɒpsɪ
catalepsy
ˈkætəˌlɛpsɪ
Dempsey
ˈdɛmpsɪ
dyspepsy
dɪsˈpɛpsɪ
epilepsy
ˈɛpɪˌlɛpsɪ
eupepsy
juːˈpɛpsɪ
Gipsy
ˈdʒɪpsɪ
Gypsy
ˈdʒɪpsɪ
lithotripsy
ˈlɪθəʊˌtrɪpsɪ
mopsy
ˈmɒpsɪ
narcolepsy
ˈnɑːkəˌlɛpsɪ
necropsy
ˈnɛkrɒpsɪ
nympholepsy
ˈnɪmfəˌlɛpsɪ
parablepsy
ˈpærəˌblɛpsɪ
popsy
ˈpɒpsɪ
tipsy
ˈtɪpsɪ
upsee
ˈʌpsɪ
whoopsie
ˈwʊpsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACATALEPSY

acaroid resin
acarologist
acarology
acarophily
acarpellous
acarpelous
acarpous
acarus
ACAS
acatalectic
acataleptic
acatamathesia
acater
acates
acatour
acaudal
acaudate
acaulescent
acauline
acaulose

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACATALEPSY

apepsy
busy
classy
controversy
copsy
courtesy
daisy
dimpsy
easy
embassy
fantasy
glossy
limpsy
Malagasy
messy
noisy
pussy
Roma gypsy
slimpsy
sy

Synonyms and antonyms of acatalepsy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acatalepsy» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF ACATALEPSY

Find out the translation of acatalepsy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of acatalepsy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acatalepsy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

acatalepsy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acatalepsy
570 millions of speakers

English

acatalepsy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

acatalepsy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انعدام الفهم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

acatalepsy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acatalepsy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

acatalepsy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acatalepsy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Acatalepsy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

acatalepsy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

acatalepsy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

acatalepsy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acatalepsy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

acatalepsy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

acatalepsy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अॅकॅटालिप्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acatalepsy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acatalepsy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

acatalepsy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

acatalepsy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acatalepsy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

acatalepsy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acatalepsy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

acatalepsy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acatalepsy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acatalepsy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACATALEPSY»

The term «acatalepsy» is used very little and occupies the 169.746 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Rarely used
21
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «acatalepsy» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of acatalepsy
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «acatalepsy».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACATALEPSY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «acatalepsy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «acatalepsy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acatalepsy

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACATALEPSY»

Discover the use of acatalepsy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acatalepsy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Acatalepsy
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Acatalepsy (from the Greek -, privative, and, to seize), in philosophy, is incomprehensibleness, or the impossibility of comprehending or conceiving a thing.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
2
Skepticism: Academic Skepticism, Acatalepsy, Adversarial ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
3
The Novum Organon,: Or a True Guide to the Interpretation of ...
The excess is of two kinds ; the one that of those who dogmatise retttlily, and render the ^Sciences positive and dictatorial ; the other, that of those who have- inlroduced Acatalepsy (" Inromprehensibility") and vague inquiry without limit.
Francis Bacon, 1855
4
The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral, and ...
... it with walls, Cimon, son of Miltiades, planted it with trees. Plato assembled his disciples in it, hence they were called Academics.a ACATALEPSY (a, privative ; and xaflihfldg, comprehensio, incomprehensibility) is the term employed by ...
William Fleming, 1869
5
Novum Organum ... Newly translated by the Rev. Andrew Johnson
Now this excess is of two-t kinds : the first appears in those who dogmatize promptly, and render the Sciences positive and magisterial; the second, in those who introduce Acatalepsy, and a vague and endless inquiry. Of these, the former  ...
Francis Bacon, Rev. Andrew JOHNSON (M.A., the Younger.), 1859
6
Francisci BAconi de Verulamio, ...: Novum organum, sive ...
The excess is of two kinds ; the one that of those who dogmatise readily, and render the Sciences positive and dictatorial ; the other, that of those who have introduced Acatalepsy (" Incomprehensibility") and vague inquiry without limit.
Francis Bacon, 1855
7
Sublimity and Skepticism in Montaigne and Milton
As he introduces them, he admits some similarity between his and skeptical thinking My way and the reasoning of those who maintained Acatalepsy are rather alike in their beginnings but end up being very far apart and opposite to each other.
David Louis Sedley, 2005
8
Midline Medical Dictionary
17 Acatalepsy Acanthoid Thorny. +«d<&; spiny; of a spinous nature. tte 3 Acanthoma. A neoplasm or overgrowth of the prickly-layer of the skin. *fi)|*i^<s Acanthosis. A disease of the dermic prickle-layer. ^H^Hisi Acanthulus. An instrument for ...
P. S. Rawat, 2002
9
A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: ...
ACATALEPSY, aratalejz/Izz, among antient philosophers, the impossibility of comprehending something. - The distinguishing tenet of the pyrrhonists was, their asserting an ahsolute acatalepsy in regard to every thing. See PYRRHONISM.
Society of Arts (Great Britain). Society of Gentlemen, Thomas Jefferys, 1754
10
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy
acatalepsy being the translation, study, and reinterpretation of Platonic and Neoplatonic writings. acatalepsy Incomprehensibility. The impossibility of things being grasped by us, supposedly demonstrated by *skeptical arguments. acceptance ...
Simon Blackburn, 2005

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACATALEPSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acatalepsy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
TJ McNamara: In quiet presence of power
These are popular images. The artist was People's Choice winner in the 2012 Wallace Awards. The show is called Acatalepsy and the work is ... «New Zealand Herald, Sep 14»
2
High BP more dangerous in women than men
Networker 3. News King 7. Frequent Flyer 6. Inboxer 1. Member 1. Know more about Times Points. • Unknown • 1 year ago •Follow. Acatalepsy. «Times of India, Jan 14»
3
Christian Medical College doctors use DNA sequencing to study …
Frequent Flyer 6. Inboxer 1. Member 1. Know more about Times Points. • Unknown • 1 year ago •Follow. Gene studying..acatalepsy. 0 0 • Reply ... «Times of India, Nov 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Acatalepsy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/acatalepsy>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z