Appriority
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a pri·o·ri
(ä′ prē-ôr′ē, ā′ prī-ôr′ī)adj.1. Proceeding from a known or assumed cause to a necessarily related effect; deductive.
2. a. Derived by or designating the process of reasoning without reference to particular facts or experience.
b. Knowable without appeal to particular experience.
3. Made before or without examination; not supported by factual study.
[Medieval Latin ā priōrī : Latin ā, from + Latin priōrī, ablative of prior, former.]
a′ pri·or′i·ty(-ôr′ĭ-tē, -ŏr′-) n.
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a priori
(eɪ praɪˈɔːraɪ; ɑː prɪˈɔːrɪ) adj1. (Logic) logic relating to or involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to the expected facts or effects
2. (Logic) logic known to be true independently of or in advance of experience of the subject matter; requiring no evidence for its validation or support
3. (Statistics) statistics See prior probability, mathematical probability
[C18: from Latin, literally: from the previous (that is, from cause to effect)]
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a pri•o•ri
(ˌeɪ praɪˈɔr aɪ, -ˈoʊr aɪ, ˌeɪ priˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i, ˌɑ priˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i)adj.
1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation. Compare a posteriori (def. 1).
2. existing in the mind independent of experience.
[1645–55; < Latin: literally, from the one before. See a-4, prior1]
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a priori
A Latin phrase meaning from the previous, used to mean deduced or known to be true.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
| Adj. | 1. | a priori - involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; 'an a priori judgment' analytical, analytic - of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; '`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition' deductive - involving inferences from general principles a posteriori - involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes; 'a posteriori demonstration' |
| 2. | a priori - based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment theoretic, theoretical - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; 'theoretical science' | |
| Adv. | 1. | a priori - derived by logic, without observed facts |
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a priori
adjectivededuced, deductive, inferentialThere is no a priori hypothesis to work with.
adverbtheoretically, in theoryOne assumes, a priori, that a parent would be better at dealing with problems.
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a priori
[eɪpraɪˈɔːraɪ]B.ADJ → apriorístico
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a priori
adj → apriorisch
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a priori
[ɑːprɪˈɔːrɪ]adj (frm) (argument) →Apriority Horse
an a priori decision → una decisionepresaa prioriCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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a priori + -ity
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apriority (countable and uncountable, pluralapriorities)
- (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:10.1007/s11098-008-9230-4:
- 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’.
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