zetetic

• zetetick (archaic)

From Ancient Greek ζητητικός (zētētikós, “inquisitive, keen”), from ζητέω (zētéō, “I seek”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /zəˈtɛt.ɪk/

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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.

• zetetically

zetetic (plural zetetics)

1. A skeptic.

See also zetetics.

• (skeptic): skeptic