ep·i·ste·mic \|epə|stēmik, -tem-\adjective Etymology: Greek epistēmikos of knowledge, capable of knowledge, from epistēmē + -ikos -ic : of, having the character of, or relating to episteme, knowledge, or knowing as a type of experience : purely intellectual or cognitive; also: subjective < the epistemic conditions in our present state of knowledge > < the epistemic as contrasted with the phenomenological sense > • ep·i·ste·mi·cal·ly\-mə̇k(ə)lē\adverb