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a priori
[ ey prahy-awr-ahy, -ohr-ahy, ey pree-awr-ee, -ohr-ee, ah pree-awr-ee, -ohr-ee ]
adjective
- from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Compare a posteriori ( def 1 ).
- existing in the mind prior to and independent of experience, as a faculty or character trait. Compare a posteriori ( def 2 ).
- not based on prior study or examination; nonanalytic:
an a priori judgment.
a priori
/ ˌeɪpraɪˈɒrɪtɪ; ɑː prɪˈɔːrɪ; eɪ praɪˈɔːraɪ /
adjective
- logic relating to or involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects
- logic known to be true independently of or in advance of experience of the subject matter; requiring no evidence for its validation or support
- statistics See prior probability mathematical probability
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Derived Forms
- apriority, noun
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Other Words From
- a·pri·or·i·ty [ey-prahy-, awr, -i-tee, -, or, -], noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of a priori1
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Example Sentences
Scholars, if they be Christians at all, can have no possible a-priori objection to belief in the supernatural.
The vast majority of the interpretations have been simply due to a-priori prepossessions, which are arbitrary and baseless.
But, the conclusion once reached, he stood on it as an a-priori breathing-spot.
However, it is impossible to arrive at a final definition of intelligence on the basis of a-priori considerations alone.
Mind, again, as just a-priori principle and basis of all things, is manifestly their universal "Quality."
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