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A priori

adjective
/ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈɔːɹaɪ/
Word Frequency: 8.5

Definitions

1.adjectiveBased on hypothesis rather than experiment.
"In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge."
2.adjectiveSelf-evident, intuitively obvious.
3.adjectivePresumed without analysis.
4.adjective(conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
5.adverbIn a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.

Synonyms

theoreticaltheoreticaprioristica posterioriad hocpresumptivepre-theoreticalprerationalpretheoreticalprefactualpremethodicalprejudicial

Antonyms

a posteriori
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