apodictical

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adjective

Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.

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Meanings

adjectiveapodictical (comparative more apodictical, superlative most apodictical)

comparative more apodictical · superlative most apodictical

  1. archaicApodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.

    For holding an Apodictical knowledge, and assured science of its verity, to perswade their apprehensions unto a plurality of gods in the world, were to make Euclide believe there were more than one Center in a Circle [...].

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.10

Origin

From apodictic + -al.

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apodictical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apodictical

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“apodictical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apodictical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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