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a posteriori
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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā posteriōrī (“involving reasoning from effect to cause, from experience to theory”, literally “from what follows”). Popularized from the 19th century in reference to the work of Immanuel Kant.
adjective more a posteriori · most a posteriori
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Involving induction of theories from facts.
What Locke calls "knowledge" they have called "a priori knowledge"; what he calls "opinion" or "belief" they have called "a posteriori" or "empirical knowledge".
Similar: empirical, inductive · Opposite: a priori, deductive
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Of a constructed language, Developed on a basis of languages which already exist.
Opposite: a priori
adverb more a posteriori · most a posteriori
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In a manner that deduces theories from facts.
FALLACIES of the modern worldview have to do with the conception of the world as substance or machinery, mistaking abstractions for reality, confusing origins and truth, failing to attribute feeling to things that feel, recognising ethics as exclusively anthropocentric, thinking a posteriori, object
Similar: inductively[Appendix:Glossary · Opposite: a priori, deductively
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adj involving deduction of theories from facts
| Español | a posteriori |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 後験的 koukenteki, アポステリオリ aposuteriori |
| 中文 | 後驗 /后验 hòuyàn |
| Português | a posteriori |
| Deutsch | a posteriori, im Nachhinein, aposteriorisch |
| Italiano | a posteriori |
| Ελληνικά | επαγωγικός epagogikós |
| Русский | апостерио́рный aposteriórnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | hậu nghiệm |
adv in a manner that deduces theories from facts
| Español | a posteriori |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 後驗 /后验 hòuyàn |
| हिन्दी | अनुभवजन्य anubhavjanya |
| Português | a posteriori |
| Français | a posteriori |
| Deutsch | a posteriori, im Nachhinein |
| Ελληνικά | εκ των υστέρων ek ton ystéron |
| Русский | апостерио́ри aposterióri, по по о́пыту po po ópytu |
| العربية | البعديَة alʔbādiya |
Talk about this word "a posteriori." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/a%20posteriori. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. a posteriori. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/a%20posteriori "a posteriori." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/a%20posteriori.Cite this
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title = {a posteriori},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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