apriority

English

Alternative forms

• aprioricity

Etymology

From a priori +‎ -ty.

Noun

apriority (countable and uncountable, plural apriorities)

1. (philosophy) The quality or state of being known a priori
   • 2008 April 5, Ásta Sveinsdóttir, “Essentiality conferred”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:

     The apriority is, however, not to be merely as a result of the fixing of the meaning of the term, such as when I dub my cat ‘Cat’ and then claim to know a priori that my cat is called ‘Cat’.

Related terms

• apriorism
• aprioristic
• aprioristically

Translations

the quality or state of being known a priori

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 先驗性／先验性 (xiānyànxìng)

• Finnish: apriorisuus (fi)
• Polish: aprioryczność (pl) f
• Portuguese: aprioridade f