apodictic

[ ap-uh-dik-tik ]

/ ˌæp əˈdɪk tɪk /

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adjective

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

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

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM apodictic

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

Words nearby apodictic

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

How to use apodictic in a sentence

An a priori intuition will alone account for such apodictic knowledge.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith
Apodictic propositions, he declares, are either dogmata or mathemata; and the former are beyond the competence of the human mind.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith