apodictic
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əˈdɪk adjective
1.
incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable.
2.
Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain.
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apodeictic or apodictic (ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk, ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
apodictic
"clearly demonstrated," 1650s, from L. apodicticus, from Gk. apodeiktikos, from apodeiktos, verbal adj. of apodeiknynai "to show off, demonstrate," perhaps lit. "to point away from" (other objects, at one), from apo "off, away" + deiknynai "to show."
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It is apodictic that inadvertent disclosures may work a waiver of the attorney-client privilege.
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