apodeictical
|a-po-de-ic-ti-cal|
/ˌæpəˈdaɪktɪkəl/
clearly provable
Etymology
'apodeictical' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'apodeiktikos', where 'apo-' meant 'away/from' and 'deiknynai' (from 'deiknumi') meant 'to show'.
'apodeictical' passed into Late Latin as 'apodeicticus' (from Greek 'apodeiktikos'), then appeared via Medieval/early Modern Latin and English forms such as 'apodeictic' before becoming the modern English 'apodeictical'.
Initially it meant 'able to be shown' or 'demonstrable'; over time it retained that sense but also came to be used in philosophy to mean 'logically or necessarily true'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
demonstrably true or capable of being shown by logical proof; clearly established or indisputable.
Her proof was apodeictical, leaving no room for doubt.
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Adjective 2
in philosophical usage: necessarily true or logically certain (often contrasted with contingent or problematic judgments).
Kant used the term to describe apodeictical judgments that are necessarily true.
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