zetetic

• zetetical
• zetetick (archaic)

From Ancient Greek ζητητικός (zētētikós, “inquisitive, keen”), from ζητέω (zētéō, “I seek”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /zə.ˈtɛt.ɪk/

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zetetic (not comparable)

1. (philosophy) Proceeding by inquiry or investigation.
   • 1994, Willi Goetschel, Constituting Critique, page 74:

     The zetetic approach or, as Kant translates it, the searching approach, becomes the element by means of which the discourse develops, the medium in which philosophical thinking occurs.

• zetetically
• zeteticism

zetetic (plural zetetics)

1. A skeptic.