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a priori
[ ey prahy-awr-ahy, -ohr-ahy, ey pree-awr-ee, -ohr-ee, ah pree-awr-ee, -ohr-ee ]
adjective
- from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Compare a posteriori ( def 1 ).
- existing in the mind prior to and independent of experience, as a faculty or character trait. Compare a posteriori ( def 2 ).
- not based on prior study or examination; nonanalytic:
an a priori judgment.
a priori
/ ˌeɪpraɪˈɒrɪtɪ; ɑː prɪˈɔːrɪ; eɪ praɪˈɔːraɪ /
adjective
- logic relating to or involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects
- logic known to be true independently of or in advance of experience of the subject matter; requiring no evidence for its validation or support
- statistics See prior probability mathematical probability
Derived Forms
- apriority, noun
Other Words From
- a·pri·or·i·ty [ey-prahy-, awr, -i-tee, -, or, -], noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of a priori1
Example Sentences
"I am not a priori against", he said.
And, yet, one of our two major parties now will a priori reject whatever it is I have to say or show in this book.
Among people who have good immune health, can I predict a priori that they will do as well during an infection?
Admitting that the Republican Party and "conservative" movement are neofascists who reject multiracial democracy would involve a type of paradigm shift that the news media and political class would a priori reject.
We need to first get rid of those a priori borders precisely in order then to be able to understand things better.
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