Episteme
"Episteme" is a philosophical term derived from the Ancient Greek word ἐπιστήμη "epistēmē", which can refer to knowledge, science or understanding, and which comes from the verb , meaning "to know, to understand, or to be acquainted with".
Epistemic injustice
The term epistemic injustice has also been used by Rajeev Bhargava, an Indian political theorist, to describe how colonized groups were wronged when colonizing powers replaced or in some other way negatively impacted the concepts and categories that colonized groups used to understand themselves and the world .    Fricker, Miranda (2007). "Epistemic injustice : power and the ethics of knowing". Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198237907.