apodeictic

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Definition of apodeictic in English English dictionary

Of or stating the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible), perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false)

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

of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain

Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction

The characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible), perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontravertibly true (or false)

Hyphenation

ap·o·deic·tic

Antonyms

anapodeictic

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός. Compare Latin apodicticus.