apodictic
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From Latin apodīcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτός (“demonstrable”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (“demonstrate”).
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apodictic (comparative more apodictic, superlative most apodictic)
- Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 284:
- No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 284:
- A style of argument, in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
- Don't be so apodictic! You haven't considered several facets of the question.
- (in Biblical studies/theology) absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
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incontrovertible
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