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a pri·o·ri   pr-ôr, -r, pr-ôr, -r)
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 prir : Latin , from + Latin prir, ablative of prior, former.]

a pri·ori adv.
a pri·ori·ty (-ôr-t, -r-) n.

a priori [eh pry-or-rye]
Adjective
Logic involving reasoning from cause to effect [Latin: from the previous]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
a posteriori - derived from observed facts

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