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apodictic

UK/apəʊˈdɪktɪk/US/æpəˈdɪktɪk/

apodictic adjective: incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.

Adjective

apodictic (comparative more apodictic, superlative most apodictic)

  1. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
    • No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’.1902, William James, “Lectures XIV and XV: The Value of Saintliness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […]...
    • The orca spoke in the odd grammatical tense used either to describe dreams, or to make statements so true they were apodictic, such as "All things die" or "Before my conception I did not exist."1992, Alexander Jablokov, A Deeper Sea, Avon Books, page 250
  2. Being 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.
  3. (Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"

apodictic meaning in Bengali

apodictic in Bengali

স্পষ্টতই প্রমাণিত, অনস্বীকার্য

Antonyms of apodictic

Forms of apodictic

comparativemore apodictic
superlativemost apodictic
alternative formapodeictic

Origin of apodictic

From the Latin apodīcticus (“proving clearly”, “demonstrative”), from the Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós, “affording proof”, “demonstrative”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknumi, “to demonstrate”). In turn, from ἀπο- (apo-, “separate, without”), and δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”).

Words formed from apodictic

Questions about apodictic

What does apodictic mean?
Apodictic means incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
What is apodictic in Bengali?
Apodictic in Bengali is স্পষ্টতই প্রমাণিত, অনস্বীকার্য. See Apodictic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is apodictic?
Apodictic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce apodictic?
Apodictic is pronounced /apəʊˈdɪktɪk/ (UK).

Words near apodictic in the dictionary

  1. apoderms
  2. apodes
  3. apodia
  4. apodiabolosis
  5. apodict
  6. apodictic
  7. apodictical
  8. apodictically
  9. apodicticism
  10. apodicticity
  11. apodictism

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