apodeictic

/ ˌæpəˈdɪktɪk; ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪk /

adjective

1. unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
2. archaic.
   logic
   1. necessarily true
   2. asserting that a property holds necessarily

Derived Forms

• ˌapoˈdeictically, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of apodeictic¹

C17: from Latin apodīcticus, from Greek apodeiktikos clearly demonstrating, from apodeiknunai to demonstrate

Example Sentences

All these indications in the Bible show that the doctrine of creation is capable of apodeictic proof.

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I shall term this the demonstrative or apodeictic employment of reason.

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Only an apodeictic proof, based upon intuition, can be termed a demonstration.

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These principles cannot be derived from experience, for it would give neither strict universality, nor apodeictic certainty.

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I divide all apodeictic propositions, whether demonstrable or immediately certain, into dogmata and mathemata.

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