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apodixis

/æpə(ʊ)ˈdɪksɪs/

apodixis noun: full demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof.

Noun

apodixis

  1. (rhetoric) Full demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof.
    • ... this [bold assertion of defiance] might taste of a desperate will, if he had not afterwards given an apodixis in the battle ...1647, George Buck, History of Richard III
    • Pythagoras, engaged in showing that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides, is committed to apodeixis; Mark Anthony, arguing that the demonstrable generosity and benevolence of Caesar towards the people of Rome showed him to...1989, Walter Nash, Rhetoric: The Wit of Persuasion

Forms of apodixis

alternative formapodeixis

Origin of apodixis

From Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis).

Questions about apodixis

What does apodixis mean?
Apodixis means full demonstration or showing; absolute and incontrovertible proof.
What part of speech is apodixis?
Apodixis is a noun.
How do you pronounce apodixis?
Apodixis is pronounced /æpə(ʊ)ˈdɪksɪs/.

Words near apodixis in the dictionary

  1. apodisation
  2. apodisations
  3. apodised
  4. apoditrysian
  5. apoditrysians
  6. apodixis
  7. apodization
  8. apodizations
  9. apodize
  10. apodized
  11. apodizer

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