a priori

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1. Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
2. Presumed without analysis.
3. human sciencesBased on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.

   In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge.

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   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

4. human sciencesDeveloped entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.

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   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.

   2012 November 1, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2013

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1. human sciencesIn a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.

   Synonyms: deductively[Appendix:Glossary · Antonyms: a posteriori, inductively