单词 | a priori |
释义 | a priori —apriority /ay'pruy awr"i tee, -or"-/, n. /ay' pruy awr"uy, -ohr"uy, ay' pree awr"ee, -ohr"ee, ah' pree awr"ee, -ohr"ee/ 1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Cf. a posteriori (def. 1). 2. existing in the mind prior to and independent of experience, as a faculty or character trait. Cf. a posteriori (def. 2). 3. not based on prior study or examination; nonanalytic: an a priori judgment. [1645-55; < L: lit., from the one before. See A-4, PRIOR] |
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