apodeictic

 [ap-uh-dik-tik]  

ap·o·dic·tic

   [ap-uh-dik-tik]
adjective
1.
incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable.
2.
Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain.
Also, ap·o·deic·tic  [ap-uh-dahyk-tik] , ap·o·dic·ti·cal.

Origin:
1645–55; < Latin apodīcticus < Greek apodeiktikós proving fully. See apo-, deictic

Related forms
ap·o·dic·ti·cal·ly, ap·o·deic·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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apodeictic or apodictic (ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk, ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk)
 
—adj
1.  unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
2.  archaic logic
 a.  necessarily true
 b.  asserting that a property holds necessarily
 
[C17: from Latin apodīcticus, from Greek apodeiktikos clearly demonstrating, from apodeiknunai to demonstrate]
 
apodictic or apodictic
 
—adj
 
[C17: from Latin apodīcticus, from Greek apodeiktikos clearly demonstrating, from apodeiknunai to demonstrate]
 
apo'deictically or apodictic
 
—adv
 
apo'dictically or apodictic
 
—adv

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