APODEICTIC

apodictic, apodeictic

(adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

apodeictic (not comparable)

Affording proof; demonstrative.

Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.

(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.

Antonyms

• anapodeictic

Source: Wiktionary


Ap"o*deic"tic, Ap`o*dic"tic, Ap`o*deic"tic*al, Ap`o*dic"tic*al, a. Etym: [L. apodicticus, Gr.

Definition: Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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