zetetic
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Proceeding by inquiry; seeking.
- noun A seeker.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adjective Arrived at through inquiry.
- noun A skeptic.
Examples
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His employment of the word zetetic is less doubtful, as he claims for his system that it alone is founded on the true seeking out of Nature's secrets.
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Under the assumed name of Parallax he visited most of the chief towns of England, propounding what he calls his system of zetetic astronomy.
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Twenty years ago De Morgan wrote that 'the founder of the zetetic astronomy gained great praise from provincial newspapers for his ingenuity in proving that the earth is a flat, surrounded by ice,' with the north polar ice in the middle.
Note
The word 'zetetic' comes from a Greek word meaning 'to seek'.
