APODICTIC


Meaning of APODICTIC in English

|apə|diktik adjective

also ap·o·dic·ti·cal -tə̇kəl ; also ap·o·deic·tic -dīktik

Etymology: Latin apodicticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiktos, verbal of apodeiknynai to demonstrate (from apo- + deiknyai to show) + -ikos -ic, -ical — more at token

1. : expressing necessary truth : absolutely certain

categories of human action … are apodictic and absolute and do not admit of any gradation — Alfred Sherrard

2. : capable of clear and certain demonstration

an apodictic theory

• ap·o·dic·ti·cal·ly -tə̇k(ə)lē adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.