# apodictic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /apəʊˈdɪktɪk/

## Definitions
1. Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
2. Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
3. Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"

## Etymology
From the Latin apodīcticus (“proving clearly”, “demonstrative”), from the Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós, “affording proof”, “demonstrative”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknumi, “I demonstrate”). In turn, from ἀπο- (apo-, “separate, without”), and δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”).

## Source
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