apodeictic
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apodeictic
- /ˌapəˈdaɪk.tɪk/
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From Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós). Compare Latin apodicticus.
adjective apodictic
- Affording proof; demonstrative.
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident. 1855, John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (translator), 1787, Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, 2nd Edition, Thus, moreover, the principles of geometry- for example, that "in a triangle, two sides together are greater than the third," are never deduced from general conceptions of line and triangle, but
Opposite: anapodeictic
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adjective
Opposite: anapodeictic
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adj incontrovertibly true or false
| Español | apodíctico |
|---|---|
| Português | apodíctico, apodítico |
| Français | apodictique |
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