epistemic

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Recent Examples of epistemic Brigette Lundy-Paine plays — in my interpretation, at least — a trans person haunted by their own self-awareness when so many people are still stuck in epistemic closets, capturing all the nuance of that pain. Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025 Populists question elites’ epistemic culture, which requires deference to experts. Jacob Hale Russell, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 Brigette Lundy-Paine plays — in my interpretation, at least — a trans person haunted by their own self-awareness when so many people are still stuck in epistemic closets, capturing all the nuance of that pain. Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025 These are empirical life preservers that pull us out of the epistemic whirlpool. Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for epistemic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epistemic
Adjective
  • Navigating imbalances of cognitive labor can be a challenge for any couple.
    Mariah Maddox, Parents, 1 May 2025
  • Investing in physical recovery directly impacts cognitive and emotional performance.
    Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And like other forms of abuse, the effects of FGM/C are irreversible, a girl subjected to FGM/C will carry the physical and psychological consequences for the rest of her life.
    Sydney Iannantuono, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The Russian POWs are in Belarus, the ministry said, where they were being provided with medical and psychological care.
    Reuters, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The World Health Organization defines burnout as an occupational phenomenon which is characterized by feelings of energy depletion, increased mental distance from one's job, and reduced professional efficacy.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The victim, a man in his 20s, was alert and conscious and was transported to an area hospital for treatment, Boisvert said.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
  • First responders arrived at the scene around 10:03 a.m. to find Joseph conscious and alert, the sheriff's office said.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • His goal has not been met of finding $1 trillion in federal savings from waste, fraud and abuse. Veterans Affairs Department: A new internal task force at the mammoth department wants employees to report anti-Christian bias among coworkers going back to the Biden administration.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Four internal levels and one outdoor level are all organized around open-plan living and entertainment spaces.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • After graduating from Harvard Law School, Clement clerked for the federal appeals-court judge Laurence Silberman, the intellectual godfather to generations of conservative lawyers, and then for Justice Antonin Scalia.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
  • This helps the church establish leaders, college presidents and intellectual leaders.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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