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apodeictic

/ ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk; ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk /

adjective

  1. unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
  2. archaic.
    logic
    1. necessarily true
    2. asserting that a property holds necessarily


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Derived Forms

  • ˌapoˈdeictically, adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apodeictic1

C17: from Latin apodīcticus, from Greek apodeiktikos clearly demonstrating, from apodeiknunai to demonstrate

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Example Sentences

All these indications in the Bible show that the doctrine of creation is capable of apodeictic proof.

I shall term this the demonstrative or apodeictic employment of reason.

Only an apodeictic proof, based upon intuition, can be termed a demonstration.

These principles cannot be derived from experience, for it would give neither strict universality, nor apodeictic certainty.

I divide all apodeictic propositions, whether demonstrable or immediately certain, into dogmata and mathemata.

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