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apodictic

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16
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19
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9
Pronunciation
/apəʊˈdɪktɪk/ (UK)
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/apəʊˈdɪktɪk/ (UK) · /apəʊˈdaɪktɪk/ (UK) · /æpəˈdɪktɪk/ · /apoʊˈdɪktɪk/

Definition of apodictic

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
    “No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’.”
    “The orca spoke in the odd grammatical tense used either to describe dreams, or to make statements so true they were apodictic, such as "All things die" or "Before my conception I did not exist."”
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adj

  1. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
    “No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’.”
    “The orca spoke in the odd grammatical tense used either to describe dreams, or to make statements so true they were apodictic, such as "All things die" or "Before my conception I did not exist."”
  2. Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
    “Don’t be so apodictic! You haven’t considered several facets of the question.”
  3. Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"

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Etymology

From the Latin apodīcticus (“proving clearly”, “demonstrative”), from the Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós, “affording proof”, “demonstrative”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknumi, “to demonstrate”). In turn, from ἀπο- (apo-, “separate, without”), and δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”).

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