a fortiori

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 See also

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin ā (“‘from’”) and fortiori, comparative of fortis (“‘strength’”).

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a fortiori (comparative more a fortiori, superlative most a fortiori)

1. With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.

[edit] Adverb

a fortiori (comparative more a fortiori, superlative most a fortiori)

1. With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
   • 1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 103 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)

     Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either.

[edit] See also

• a posteriori
• a priori