apodictic

[ap-uh-dik-tik]

adjective

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

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

Nearby words

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 formsap·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)

adjective

unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration

logic archaic

necessarily true
asserting that a property holds necessarily

Compare problematic (def. 2), assertoric

Derived Formsapodeictically or apodictically, adverb

Word Origin for apodeictic

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

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Word Origin and History for apodeictic

apodictic

adj.

"clearly demonstrated," 1650s, from Latin apodicticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiktos, verbal adjective of apodeiknynai "to show off, demonstrate," literally "to point away from" (other objects, at one), from apo "off, away" (see apo-) + deiknynai "to show" (see diction).