a priori

/ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈɔːɹaɪ/ · adjective

Meaning

Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
Presumed without analysis.
(conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

theoretical(English)theoretic(English)aprioristic(English)a posteriori(English)ad hoc(English)presumptive(English)pre-theoretical(English)prerational(English)

Descendant words

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