a priori

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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
a priori (adjective)
1.
a) - deductive
b) relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions - compare a posteriori
c) presupposed by experience
2.
a) being without examination or analysis - presumptive
b) formed or conceived beforehand
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
a priori (adjective)
being or provable by reasoning in which the conclusion follows necessarily from given information
SYNONYMS:
a priori, deducible, derivable, inferable ( inferrible), inferential, reasoned
RELATED WORDS:
conjectural, hypothetical, purported, supposed, suppositional; academic ( academical), speculative, theoretical ( theoretic); logical, rational
NEAR ANTONYMS:
inducible, inductive; absolute, categorical ( categoric), definite, explicit, express; instinctive, intuitive; illogical, irrational
nondeductive
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