a posteriori (eɪ pɒsˌtɛrɪˈɔːraɪ, -rɪ, ɑː) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | relating to or involving inductive reasoning from particular facts or effects to a general principle |
| 2. | derived from or requiring evidence for its validation or support; empirical; open to revision |
| 3. | statistics See posterior probability |
| [C18: from Latin, literally: from the latter (that is, from effect to cause)] | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |