Apodeictic

/ˌapəˈdaɪk.tɪk/

Synonyms for "apodeictic" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
a priori judgmentapodicticaxiomaticaxiomatic judgment

Strong matches (4)

Related words (8)

Adjective(8 words)
indubitableirrefutablenecessary propositionobviousself evidentunequivocaluniversal propositionunquestionable

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: a priori judgment, apodictic, axiomatic, axiomatic judgment, categorical.
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Replacement workflow

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries
colloquial usagedefinitional attributeepistemic attributeepistemic claiminformal usagelogical propertytheoretical claim

More specific

9 entries
a priori propositionapodeictic argumentapodeictic judgmentapodeictic reasoningapodeictic syllogismclear propositionobvious assertionself evident propositionsynthetic a priori proposition

Collocations

6 entries
apodeictic argumentapodeictic certaintyapodeictic judgmentapodeictic propositionapodeictic reasoningapodeictic syllogism

Inflections

2 entries
more apodeicticmost apodeictic

Derivations

2 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

5 translations across 4 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries
  • apodíctic adj (incontrovertibly true or false)

French

1 entries
  • apodictique adj (incontrovertibly true or false)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • apodíctico adj (incontrovertibly true or false)
  • apodítico adj (incontrovertibly true or false)

Spanish

1 entries
  • apodíctico adj (incontrovertibly true or false)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

1855, John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (translator), 1787, Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason, 2nd Edition, Thus, moreover, the principles of geometry- for example, that "in a triangle, two sides together are greater than the third," are never deduced from general conceptions of line and triangle, but from intuition, and this a priori, with apodeictic certainty.

Source: wiktionary

Aristotle does, indeed, distinguish between (1) Logic, or Analytic, as the theory or method of arriving at true or apodeictic conclusions; and (2) Dialectic as the method of arriving at conclusions that are accepted or pass current[ly] as true,...

Source: wiktionary

Descartes sought certainty in the existence of God grounded in apodeictic demonstrations.

Source: wiktionary

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "apodeictic"?

Closest matches include a priori judgment, apodictic, axiomatic, axiomatic judgment, categorical.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "apodeictic"?

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