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Apodictical
{
Ap′o-deic′tic
,Apˊo-dic′tic
,Apˊo-deic′tic-al
,Apˊo-dic′tic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
apodicticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to point out, to show by argument; [GREEK] from + [GREEK] to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
Definition 2024
apodictical
apodictical
English
Adjective
apodictical (comparative more apodictical, superlative most apodictical)
- (archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10:
- For holding an Apodictical knowledge, and assured science of its verity, to perswade their apprehensions unto a plurality of gods in the world, were to make Euclide believe there were more than one Center in a Circle [...].
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10: