epistemic

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Recent Examples of epistemic The few intrepid psychologists and social scientists who have attempted a systematic study of wisdom have noted that it’s often associated with qualities like empathy, holistic thinking, and epistemic humility. Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Smith’s intervention foregrounds the absence of Black women in both feminist and Black nationalist traditions and, in doing so, creates epistemic space for subsequent scholars to define Black feminist thought as a distinct intellectual tradition. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025 To believe such a thing would suggest that the epistemic rot, reality decay, and culture of conspiracism are not by-products of a specific politician or political movement, but something deeper—something intrinsic to the platforms, culture, and systems that define our lives. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 July 2025 Trump’s messianic appeal may seem like a twenty-first-century creation, a product of partisan rage, epistemic drift, and American-style evangelicalism. Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for epistemic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epistemic
Adjective
  • Furthermore, recent years have exposed significant professional failures—from the flawed coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic to inadequate reporting on President Biden’s cognitive health.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Use data to reduce cognitive biases in high-stakes decisions.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Traditionally, one of the key justifications for teamwork has been its psychological benefits—the energy that comes from collaboration, the reduced stress of shared responsibility, the excitement of building on each other’s ideas.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
  • One year after the events of the original, our returning quartet is recruited by the saucy, sinister Professor Oldman (Tim Curry) to spend a night at a haunted mansion, subtly dubbed Hell House, for a psychological, paranormal experiment.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Busy Families Benefit From the Podcast's Simple Structure Headspace designed the podcast to accommodate even the busiest families, who are already carrying a heavy mental load.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The nonprofit is dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals facing some of life’s most difficult physical, mental, and emotional challenges — such as Autism, PTSD, and Down Syndrome — through meaningful interactions with horses.
    CHRISTINA MAYO, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Quince Italian Leather Drawstring Pouch Crossbody The more budget-conscious crossbody has all the hallmarks of a designer bag.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, several surveys have indicated that this holiday shopping season may be more muted than in 2024, as increasingly budget-conscious customers grapple with rising prices and broader financial challenges.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Richmond Sheriff Antoinette Irving announced that her office had launched an internal investigation and was reviewing bodycam footage to determine the circumstances around the use of force.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The company will use 15 years of internal data to train custom models to enhance design, planning, and community management across its Saudi developments, Chairman Muammar Alatawi told Semafor.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The petulant, back-stabby intrigue between various parties here sometimes makes the hero rather unsympathetic, with photogenic singer-actor Pena Hernandez’s puppyish turn not conveying a great deal of complexity, let alone artistic o intellectual potential.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
  • His portrayal of a pompous, yapping intellectual who's rotten to the core rings uncomfortably true, as do the performances of Thatcher and East as their characters nonverbally communicate their discomfort to each other.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Epistemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epistemic. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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