episteme

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Synonyms: epistome, epitome, epistle, epistemic, episememe, epistyle, epistoma, listeme, epitheme, episome, aposteme

Antonyms: epistome, epitome, epistle, epistemic, episememe, epistyle, epistoma, listeme, epitheme, episome, aposteme

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|philosophy}} [[scientific|Scientific]] [[knowledge]]; a [[principled]] [[system]] of [[understand]]ing; sometimes contrasted with {{m|en|empiricism}}.
2. {{lb|en|specifically Ancient Greek philosophy}} [[know-how|Know-how]]; compare {{m|en|techne}}.
3. {{lb|en|specifically [[Foucaultian]] philosophy}} The [[fundamental]] body of [[idea]]s and [[collective]] [[presupposition]]s that [[define]]s the nature and sets the [[bound]]s of what is accepted as [[true]] [[knowledge]] in a given [[epistemic]] [[epoch]].

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