单词 | apodictic |
释义 | apodictic (once / 381269 pages) adj Anything apodictic is certain: it cannot be disputed. The existence of gravity is apodictic. This word comes from a Greek verb meaning to demonstrate, and it applies to things that have been demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt. An apodictic statement is absolutely, completely, unquestionably true. Usually, this applies to the logic of a statement or argument that is airtight. Lawyers try to make apodictic arguments: flawless arguments. If something is apodictic, there’s no point in questioning it. “Slavery is wrong” is an apodictic statement. WORD FAMILYapodictic: apodictically USAGE EXAMPLESHe is not interested in the merely schematic character of the thought processes, but in their function as mediators of apodictic truth. Various, International Congress of Arts and...(2011) Those things are only here touched they are more apodictically confirmed above, and may be seen made out at large in Apol. Shields, Alexander, A Hind Let Loose—Or, An Historical...(2011) "You really can't accuse me of being young," she apodictically pronounced. Harland, Henry, The Lady Paramount(2010) adj of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain Syn apodeictic true consistent with fact or reality; not false |
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