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a fortiori /ˌeɪ fɔːtɪˈɔːrʌɪ / /ˌɑː fɔːtɪˈɔːriː/adverb & adjectiveUsed to express a conclusion for which there is stronger evidence than for a previously accepted one: [as adverb]: they reject all absolute ideas of justice, and a fortiori the natural-law position...- Were it not so, we should have required the a fortiori reasoning for the third degree only.
- In this way the connexive concept of implication accounts for a necessary presupposition of all conditional and a fortiori logical orientation.
- What then is the conclusion which in true a fortiori fashion is supposed to follow resoundingly from the weaker premise?
Origin Early 17th century: Latin, from a fortiori argumento 'from stronger argument'. Rhymes a posteriori, a priori, memento mori, sori, thesauri, tori |