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ap·o·dic·tic  (p-dktk)

adj.

Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible.

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[Latin apodcticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiktos, demonstrable, from apodeiknunai, to demonstrate : apo-, apo- + deiknunai, to show; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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apo·dicti·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.

1.

apodictic - of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain apodeictic logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference true - consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"