apodictic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ap=o=dic=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

apodictic, a. [L. apodicticus, Gr. , fr. to point out, to show by argument; from + to show.].

 Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.  Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.  [1913 Webster]

apodictic, a. 

 Same as Apodeictic.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apodictic, adj. (also apodeictic)
1 clearly established.
2 of clear demonstration.

Etymology

L apodicticus f. Gk apodeiktikos (as APO-, deiknumi show)

ROGET THESAURUS

apodictic

Demonstration

N demonstration, proof, rigorous proof, conclusiveness, apodeixis, apodixis, probation, comprobation, logic of facts, experimentum crucis, argument, rigorous establishment, absolute establishment, conviction, cogency, (persuasion), demonstrating, demonstrative, demonstrable, probative, unanswerable, conclusive, apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical, irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable, necessary, categorical, decisive, crucial, demonstrated, proven, unconfuted, unanswered, unrefuted, evident, deducible, consequential, consectary, inferential, following, convincing, cogent, persuasive (believable), of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course, necessarily, of necessity, probatum est, there is nothing more to be said, quod est demonstrandum, Q, E, D, it must follow, exitus acta probat.