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apriority

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a pri⋅o⋅ri

  [ey prahy-awr-ahy, -ohr-ahy, ey pree-awr-ee, -ohr-ee, ah pree-awr-ee, -ohr-ee]
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–adjective
1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Compare a posteriori (def. 1).
2. existing in the mind prior to and independent of experience, as a faculty or character trait. Compare a posteriori (def. 2).
3. not based on prior study or examination; nonanalytic: an a priori judgment.
Origin:
1645–55; < L: lit., from the one before. See a- 4 , prior

Related forms:
a⋅pri⋅or⋅i⋅ty  [ey-prahy-awr-i-tee, -or-] , noun
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a priori 
1710, "from cause to effect" (a logical term, in ref. to reasoning), from L., lit. "from what comes first," from priori, abl. of prior "first" (see prior (adj.)). Used loosely for "in accordance with previous knowledge" (1834).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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