a priori
See also: apriori
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
First attested in 1610, from Latin ā priōrī (literally “from the former”).
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a priori (comparative more a priori, superlative most a priori)
- (logic) Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
- 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, conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.[1]
- 2012 November 1, Wright, Laura, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan[1]:
- Conlangers can also create a priori languages, which have no basis in existing languages. You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series “Star Trek,” the Na’vi language from the movie “Avatar,” and the Dothraki language from the television series “Game of Thrones” are all examples of a priori languages.
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(logic) based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
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a priori (comparative more a priori, superlative most a priori)
- (logic) In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.
TranslationsEdit
derived by logic
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Donald J. Harlow, How to Build a Language
FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin a priori (literally “from the former”).
PronunciationEdit
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a priori (invariable)
- intuitively known, a priori
AdverbEdit
a priori
NounEdit
a priori m (plural a prioris)
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GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin a priori (literally “from the former”).
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Audio (file)
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a priori (not comparable)
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Declension of a priori
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| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist a priori | sie ist a priori | es ist a priori | sie sind a priori | |
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AdverbEdit
a priori
Further readingEdit
a priori on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin a priori (literally “from the former”).
AdjectiveEdit
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- a priori
- Antonym: a posteriori
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ā priōrī (literally “from the former”), first part from Latin ā (“from, away from, out of”), alternative form of ab (“from, away from, out of, down from”) by apocope (not used before a vowel or h), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Last part from Latin priōrī, dative singular of Medieval Latin prior (“former, prior, previous”), from Proto-Italic *priōs (“former”), from earlier *prijōs, from *pri + *-jōs, from Proto-Indo-European *-yōs ~ *-is-.
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- (logic, philosophy) a priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
- 2011 December 23, Morgenbladet, page 9:
- førmoderne samfunn … hvor forskjell ennå ikke betraktes a priori som en mangel
- pre-modern societies… where difference is not yet considered a priori as a deficiency
- viten a priori
- a priori knowledge
- presumed without analysis, self-evident, intuitively obvious.
- 1894, Dagbladet:
- adskillige snes ungdom, som a priori kan henregnes til det overflødige proletariat
- several dozen youth, who a priori can be attributed to the superfluous proletariat
- 1971, Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift:
- to former for apriori innsikt
- two forms of a priori insight
- 2004, Thea Selliaas Thorsen, Pia Fraus:
- han [vil] ikke a priori utelukke at [sjalusien] kan være noe av årsaken til at han nå drives rundt av en uro
- he [will] not a priori rule out that [jealousy] may be part of the reason why he is now driven around by a turmoil
- a priori kunne man vente at...
- a priori one could expect that...
AntonymsEdit
- a posteriori (“a posteriori”)
Related termsEdit
- a fortiori (“a fortiori”)
ReferencesEdit
- “a priori” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “a priori” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “a priori” in Store norske leksikon
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- (logic, philosophy) a priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
- presumed without analysis, self-evident, intuitively obvious.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin a priori (literally “from the former”).
AdverbEdit
a priori (comparative mais a priori superlative o mais a priori)
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EtymologyEdit
From Latin a priori (literally “from the former”).