apodeictic

British  

/ ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk, ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk /

adjective

1. unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration

2. archaic logic

   1. necessarily true

   2. asserting that a property holds necessarily

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Other Word Forms

• apodeictically adverb

Etymology

Origin of apodeictic

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

Example Sentences

For geometrical principles are always apodeictic, that is, united with the consciousness of their necessity, as: "Space has only three dimensions."

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Only an apodeictic proof, based upon intuition, can be termed a demonstration.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

In the first place, it is evident that both present us, with very many apodeictic and synthetic propositions a priori, but especially space—and for this reason we shall prefer it for investigation at present.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

We have here only to do with the distinction of imperatives into problematical, assertorial, and apodeictic.

From The Critique of Practical Reason by Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill

I divide all apodeictic propositions, whether demonstrable or immediately certain, into dogmata and mathemata.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow