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aprioricity

aprioricity is the alternative form of apriority.

Meaning of apriority

Noun

apriority (countable and uncountable, plural apriorities)

  1. The quality or state of being known a priori
    • The apriority is, however, not to be merely as a result of the fixing of the meaning of the term, such as when I dub my cat ‘Cat’ and then claim to know a priori that my cat is called ‘Cat’.2008 April 5, Ásta Sveinsdóttir, “Essentiality conferred”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI

Origin of aprioricity

From apriori + -icity.

Questions about aprioricity

What is aprioricity the alternative form of?
Aprioricity is the alternative form of apriority.

Words near aprioricity in the dictionary

  1. aprimoration
  2. aprimorations
  3. aprindine
  4. aprinocarsen
  5. apriori
  6. aprioricity
  7. apriorism
  8. apriorisms
  9. apriorist
  10. aprioristic
  11. aprioristically

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