An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
APODICTIC
apodictic, apodeictic
(adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
apodictic (comparative more apodictic, superlative most apodictic)
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
A style of argument, in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
(theology, Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
Antonyms
• problematic
• assertorical
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.
Ap`o*dic"tic, a.
Definition: Same as Apodeictic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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