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apodeictic

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ap⋅o⋅dic⋅tic

  [ap-uh-dik-tik]
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–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; < L apodīcticus < Gk 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

adjective
of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain [syn: apodictic] 
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