apodictic

[ ap-uh-dik-tik ]

/ ˌæp əˈdɪk tɪk /

adjective

incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable.

Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true or logically certain.

Nearby words

apodeictic, apodeipnon, apodema, apodeme, apodia, apodictic, apodosis, apodous, apoenzyme, apoferritin, apogamy

Also ap·o·deic·tic

[ap-uh-dahyk-tik] /ˌæp əˈdaɪk tɪk/, ap·o·dic·ti·cal.

Origin of apodictic

1645–55; < Latin apodīcticus < Greek apodeiktikós proving fully. See apo-, deictic

Related forms

ap·o·dic·ti·cal·ly, ap·o·deic·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for apodeictic

Only an apodeictic proof, based upon intuition, can be termed a demonstration.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant
I divide all apodeictic propositions, whether demonstrable or immediately certain, into dogmata and mathemata.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant
All these indications in the Bible show that the doctrine of creation is capable of apodeictic proof.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
In the former case, the dogmatist must take care that his arguments possess the apodeictic certainty of a demonstration.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant

These principles cannot be derived from experience, for it would give neither strict universality, nor apodeictic certainty.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant

British Dictionary definitions for apodeictic

apodeictic

apodictic (ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk)

/ (ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk) /

adjective

unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration

logic archaic

necessarily true
asserting that a property holds necessarily

Compare problematic (def. 2), assertoric

Derived Forms

apodeictically or apodictically, adverb

Word Origin for apodeictic

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

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