epistemic

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Recent Examples of epistemic Cheering for epistemic humility gets you no television interviews, no requests for op-eds, and no invitations to conferences. Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026 This requires a kind of epistemic compassion. Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026 This prompted Gourault to investigate the epistemic and infrastructural systems that link a glitch in virtual representations to a real person’s death. Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026 This is a form of epistemic harm. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for epistemic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epistemic
Adjective
  • When most students handed a question to the AI and submitted the answer, their gamma wave activity — the neural signature of cognitive engagement — dropped by roughly 40%.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • Pointing out distorted thinking and driving cognitive reframing.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • Building on her success in the UK and Nordic markets with series like Borderliner for Netflix and Seizure for Viaplay, Gallagher recently wrote and executive produced the BBC psychological crime thriller Wolf.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 20 May 2026
  • Anand said the installation was intended to confront visitors with the psychological toll of PTSD that many veterans carry long after combat ends.
    Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Adjective
  • Her character’s mental unraveling was mirrored in real life when Lasser, at the height of her celebrity and just weeks after Mary’s breakdown episode aired, hosted Saturday Night Live.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • On top of that, there is a serious mental component.
    Nicole Williams, AJC.com, 18 May 2026
Adjective
  • When customers are highly price-conscious, the instinct is to justify your cost.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Even as chicken thigh sales continue to climb, health-conscious Americans remain obsessed with the boneless, skinless chicken breast.
    Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • The compact standard doubles overlook the internal courtyard, whilst the larger superior rooms enjoy sideways views of the ocean and the hammock by the window gives a special nod to the beachside location.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026
  • This view has the political implication that any revolution must first be internal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Adjective
  • Uranus in Gemini wants people to think for themselves, question everything and evolve on an intellectual level.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Granted, the cast is skilled enough to work these intimate specifics into (and beneath) their conversations, but the details are often dropped into these empty spaces after long delays, a kind of Tetris storytelling that works far more as an intellectual exercise than an emotional one.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 May 2026

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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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