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apodictic

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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; < L apodīcticus < Gk apodeiktikós proving fully. See apo-, deictic


ap⋅o⋅dic⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, ap⋅o⋅deic⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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ap·o·dic·tic   (āp'ə-dĭk'tĭk)   
adj.  Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible.

[Latin apodīcticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiktos, demonstrable, from apodeiknunai, to demonstrate : apo-, apo- + deiknunai, to show; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
ap'o·dic'ti·cal·ly adv.
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