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apodictic, -deictic, a.|æpəʊˈdɪktɪk, -ˈdaɪktɪk| [ad. L. apodīctic-us, a. Gr. ἀποδεικτικ-ός of the nature of demonstration; f. ἀποδεικ-νύναι to show off, demonstrate. (The analogical spelling is -dict-.)] Of clear demonstration; established on incontrovertible evidence. (By Kant applied to a proposition enouncing a necessary and hence absolute truth.)
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. 1834. 291 This apodictick course..to infer consequences from infallible maximes. 1816Coleridge Statesm. Man. 358 In the heights of geometry..there exist truths of apodictic force in reason, which the mere understanding strives in vain to comprehend. 1877Caird Philos. Kant ii. iii. 242 With apodeictic certainty. |