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apodeictic
/ ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk; ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk /
adjective
- unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
- archaic.logic
- necessarily true
- 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
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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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