Etymology

aposteriorism

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Today it means: The view that all knowledge is derived from sense experience; empiricism as opposed to apriorism. Full definition →

French apostériorisme ← German Aposteriorismus ← Latin ā posteriōrī
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  1. Latin · derived fromā posteriōrī“from what follows”
  2. German · derived fromAposteriorismus
  3. French · derived fromapostériorisme
  4. English todayaposteriorism

From French apostériorisme or German Aposteriorismus, ultimately from Latin ā posteriōrī (“from what follows”). By surface analysis, a posteriori + -ism.

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