apodictic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Antonyms

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin apodīcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτός (“‘demonstrable’”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (“‘demonstrate’”).

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• (UK) IPA: /apə(ʊ)ˈdɪktɪk/

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apodictic (not comparable)

1. 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’.

2. 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.

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[edit] Related terms

• apodictical
• apodictically

[edit] Antonyms

• problematic
• assertorical