EPISTEMIC Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

epistemic

adjective

Definition of epistemic

as in cognitive

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Recent Examples of epistemic The hard work is going to be undoing centuries of religious, epistemic, political, and cultural erasure, and that’s up to humans. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026 The transparent nature of providing live updates—often with caveats about accuracy or sometimes later corrections—captures simultaneously a claim to immediacy and uncertainty that has a unique epistemic value in its own right. — Daniel Jackson, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026 Underlying all of it, Smetters argued, is an epistemic failure in how Washington evaluates fiscal policy. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026 This requires a kind of epistemic compassion. — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for epistemic

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Adjective

Any adult experiencing memory problems who receives a clinical evaluation and diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment would be a good candidate for the blood test.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
Researchers will examine how generative AI could reshape the role of Army planning teams, identify the cognitive skills future planners will need and improve workflows to ensure the technology helps maintain a strategic advantage on the battlefield.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

Definition of cognitive

Adjective

Higher levels of openness to experience, conscientiousness, and agreeableness were tied to better psychological well-being and engaging in more leisure activities in older age.

— Refractor, Refractor, 27 July 2026
This psychological phenomenon explains why initial impressions can be so strong, leading managers to react differently to similar employees, seeing confidence in one and arrogance in another.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of psychological

Adjective

So kudos to the extras who steal scenes from them in the background, flailing like avant-garde dancers when a vicious mental parasite leaps from grandmothers to joggers to security guards on a quest to find something awful.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Life can change in an instant, and someone in a precarious mental state may seem to be improving before taking a sharp turn for the worse.

— Charles Trepany, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of mental

Adjective

Adobe's Aaliyah Taylor, a Senior Community Events Manager, faces internal debate over her strong personal brand being an asset or liability.

— Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
In Montana, Marshall Bloom, an associate director at Rocky Mountain Labs, told the Ravalli County Board of Health in a July meeting that the scientists have been suspended and aren’t allowed on campus amid an internal NIH investigation.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of internal

Adjective

The disease can cause intellectual deficits as well as severe physical symptoms.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Professors are eager to work with student veterans and believe the life experience veterans bring to the classroom is crucial to the intellectual diversity of institutions like Caltech.

— Francesca Pinney, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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