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Meaning of "zetetic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ZETETIC

From New Latin, from Greek zētētikos, from zēteō to seek.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ZETETIC

zetetic  [zəˈtɛtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZETETIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zetetic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ZETETIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Marcello Truzzi

Marcello Truzzi was a professor of sociology at New College of Florida and later at Eastern Michigan University, founding co-chairman of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, a founder of the Society for Scientific Exploration, and director for the Center for Scientific Anomalies Research. Truzzi was an investigator of various protosciences and pseudosciences and, as fellow CSICOP cofounder Paul Kurtz dubbed him "the skeptic's skeptic". He is credited with originating the oft-used phrase "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof."...

Definition of zetetic in the English dictionary

The definition of zetetic in the dictionary is proceeding by inquiry; investigating.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZETETIC


aesthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
apatetic
ˌæpəˈtɛtɪk
asynartetic
əˌsɪnɑːˈtɛtɪk
athletic
æθˈlɛtɪk
cosmetic
kɒzˈmɛtɪk
diabetic
ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk
dietetic
ˌdaɪɪˈtɛtɪk
electromagnetic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊmæɡˈnɛtɪk
energetic
ˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪk
erotetic
ˌɛrəʊˈtɛtɪk
genetic
dʒɪˈnɛtɪk
kinetic
kɪˈnɛtɪk
magnetic
mæɡˈnɛtɪk
pathetic
pəˈθɛtɪk
peripatetic
ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk
poetic
pəʊˈɛtɪk
prophetic
prəˈfɛtɪk
prosthetic
prɒsˈθɛtɪk
sympathetic
ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
synthetic
sɪnˈθɛtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZETETIC

zest
zester
zestful
zestfully
zestfulness
zestily
zestless
zesty
zeta
Zeta-Jones
Zetland
zettabyte
zeuglodont
zeugma
zeugmatic
zeugmatically
Zeus
Zeuxis
zeuxite
zex

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZETETIC

acetic
alphabetic
anaesthetic
anesthetic
apologetic
arithmetic
diuretic
electrophoretic
esthetic
Gangetic
hematopoietic
heretic
Ossetic
pathogenetic
pharmacokinetic
photosynthetic
phylogenetic
sovietic
theoretic
unapologetic

Synonyms and antonyms of zetetic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zetetic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZETETIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

探究性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Zetetic
570 millions of speakers

English

zetetic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

zetetic
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

zetetic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

zetetic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zetetic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

zetetic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zététique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zetetik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zetetic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

zetetic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

zetetic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zetetic
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

zetetic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

zetetic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झेटीक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zetetic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zetetic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zetetic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

zetetic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zetetic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

zetetic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Zetetic
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

zetetic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

zetetic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zetetic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZETETIC»

The term «zetetic» is normally little used and occupies the 125.033 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZETETIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «zetetic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «zetetic» 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 zetetic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZETETIC»

Discover the use of zetetic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zetetic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Zetetic Method for English and French Composition: a ...
Also, Arguments ... Alphonse Antoine Roux. / garder jusqu'au bout la fermeté du philosophe : il suspendit lui-même à sa porte les branches de laurier et de cyprès , il lava lui-même le corps du malheureux Paralus, il le revêtit des plus riches ...
Alphonse Antoine Roux, 1848
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Scepticism Or Platonism?: The Philosophy of the Fourth Academy
Once again Plato had used both terms frequently. It is when we come to consider the adjectives 'sceptic' and 'zetetic' that we are able to present more conclusive material. An important characteristic of the Academy in the first century B.C. is its  ...
Harold Tarrant, 2007
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Heidegger and the Greeks: Interpretive Essays
For zetetic Pyrrhonism, see Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism, vol. 1, trans. R. G. Bury (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933), 2-3, 156-88, 162- 63 (1.1.2, 1.2. 11, 1.2.19). At issue between Pyrrhonist and Socratic zeteticism is  ...
Drew A. Hyland, John Panteleimon Manoussakis, 2006
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Greatshadow
SINCE I CANNOT tell you about the unspeaking wonder of the moments that followed my reunion with Infidel, allow me to fill you in on what was occurring back in the real world with Relic and Zetetic. While I wasn't personally witness to these ...
James Maxey, 2012
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The Complete Dragon Apocalypse
SINCE I CANNOT tell you about the unspeaking wonder of the moments that followed my reunion with Infidel, allow me to fill you in on what was occurring back in the real world with Relic and Zetetic. While I wasn't personally witness to these ...
James Maxey, 2012
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Riddle of Indian iconograhy: zetetic on rare icon from Tālā
The Present Book Is A Result Of A Postal Seminar Which The Editor Organised. Apart From Tala Loon, This Book Also Throws Light On The History And Art Tradition Of Daksina Kosala, Presently Known As Chattisgarh.
L. S. Nigam, 2000
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Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea
'Zeteo', see Blount, Elizabeth 'Zetetes', see Smith, Albert Zetetic: A Monthly Journal zetetic astronomy Zetetic Astronomy (Blount) Zetetic Astronomy: A Description of Several Experiments ... (Parallax) Zetetic Astronomy: Earth not a Globe!
Christine Garwood, 2008
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The Analytic Art
Zetetic. VIII. A right triangle will be found numerically Having set up three proportional quantities numerically, the hypotenuse [of a right triangle] will be analogous to the sum of the extremes, the base to their diflerence and the perpendicular to ...
François Viète, 2006
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On the Shoulders of Merchants: Exchange and the Mathematical ...
To this end Viète divides his analytic art into three parts: zetetic, poristic and a third called rhetic or exegetic. The zetetic finds an equation or proportion between the magnitude sought and those given, the poristic investigates the truth of a ...
Richard W. Hadden, 1994
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Worlds of Their Own: A Brief History of Misguided Ideas: ...
Their apparent rising and setting is an optical illusion caused by atmospheric refraction and the zetetic law of perspective, which law also explains why outward-bound ships apparently vanish over the horizon. A solid dome encloses the entire ...
Robert J. Schadewald, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZETETIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zetetic is used in the context of the following news items.
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IF and Zetetic Cosmogony
Many people today blindly believe the doctrine of the round earth and the theory of gravity, a evil conspiracy propagated by the men of science, like NASA and ... «News24, Jun 15»
2
Reflections on the skeptic and atheist movements
... fringe position of the early days (say, when Skeptical Inquirer was called The Zetetic, and Madalyn Murray O'Hair was busy establishing the very same culture ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, May 15»
3
Zetetic with Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif speaks on behalf of a regime that is an avowed enemy of the United States, one whose Supreme Leader regularly ... «Power Line, Apr 15»
4
Yes, You Should Be Skeptical about the UVA...
For the zetetic among us to acknowledge that this is both unprofessional and bewildering does not suggest foolishness or obstinacy or sinister motivation on ... «National Review Online, Dec 14»
5
A Historic Experiment Shows Why We Might Not Want to Debate …
When he saw an announcement in Zetetic Astronomy pledging 500 pounds to the person who could prove the world was round, he thought it was easy money. «io9, Aug 14»
6
For Some, the Earth Is Still Flat
One of them, Lady Elizabeth Blount, founded the Universal Zetetic Society after Rowbotham's death in 1884. Blount's group had a religious bent, believing that ... «Pacific Standard, May 14»
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Creationists endure rough few weeks: Why the flat-earth crowd is in …
Easily the most influential work is “Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not a Globe,” by Samuel Birley Rowbotham. Its first, 16-page pamphlet edition, in 1849, predated ... «Salon, Apr 14»
8
In Race to 7 RCR, Maximum Leaders Depend on Minimum …
With market leaders like BJP and Congress exhibiting zetetic zeal in acquiring new caste and community markets, the price of picayune political outfits have hit ... «The New Indian Express, Mar 14»
9
The Flat Earth Society and Strange Unscientific Beliefs
Using the erroneous results of the first round of testing in the Bedford Level Experiment, Rowbotham invented the Zetetic Astronomy. This proposed form of ... «Top Secret Writers, Feb 13»
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Learning skepticism, an essential skill for citizenship in 21st century …
Excerpt from “Zetetic Ruminations on Skepticism and Anomalies in Science“. by Marcello Truzzi in Zetetic Scholar, August 1987. Regretfully, the term “skeptic” ... «Fabius Maximus, Nov 12»

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