a posteriori

adj

Meaning

Involving induction of theories from facts.
Of a constructed language, Developed on a basis of languages which already exist.
In a manner that deduces theories from facts.

Etymology / origin

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā posteriōrī (“involving reasoning from effect to cause, from experience to theory”, literally “from what follows”). Popularized from the 19th century in reference to the work of Immanuel Kant.

ā posteriōrī(la-med)→
a posteriori (English)
Relations: lbor

Related words

ā posteriōrī(la-med)

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