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apodictical

apodictical adjective: apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.

Adjective

apodictical (comparative more apodictical, superlative most apodictical)

  1. (archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
    • For holding an Apodictical knowledge, and assured science of its verity, to perswade their apprehensions unto a plurality of gods in the world, were to make Euclide believe there were more than one Center in a Circle [...].1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10

Forms of apodictical

comparativemore apodictical
superlativemost apodictical

Origin of apodictical

From apodictic + -al.

Words formed from apodictical

Questions about apodictical

What does apodictical mean?
Apodictical means apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
What part of speech is apodictical?
Apodictical is an adjective.

Words near apodictical in the dictionary

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

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