a priori
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈɔːɹaɪ/, /ˌɑː pɹiˈɔːɹi/
a priori
- (logic) Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
- In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge.
- Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
- Presumed without analysis.
- 1996, Jeet Heer, Gravitas, Autumn 1996 ↗
- While the great critics drew their authority from the breadth of their reading, New Criterion critics often base their authority on an a priori rejection of the contemporary.
- 1996, Jeet Heer, Gravitas, Autumn 1996 ↗
- (linguistics, of a constructed language) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
- Italian: a priori, teorico, preconcetto
- Portuguese: a priori
- Russian: априо́рный
a priori
- (logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.
- French: a priori
- German: a priori
- Italian: a priori
- Portuguese: a priori
- Russian: априо́ри
- Spanish: a priori
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