a priori
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EtymologyEdit
First attested in 1610, from Latin a priori (“from the former”).
AdjectiveEdit
a priori (comparative more a priori, superlative most 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.[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
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AdjectiveEdit
a priori (invariable)
- intuitively known, a priori
AdverbEdit
a priori
NounEdit
a priori m (plural a prioris)
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Declension of a priori
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| predicative | er ist a priori | sie ist a priori | es ist a priori | sie sind a priori | |
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