A Priori Synonyms and Antonyms

ä prē-ôrē, ā prī-ôrī
Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
Synonyms:
  1. based on theory
  2. deductive
  3. derivable
  4. presumptive
  5. rational
  6. reasoned
  7. enthymematic
  8. supposed
  9. theoretical
  10. epagogic
  11. soritical
Antonyms:
  1. a posteriori
Derived by logic, without observed facts
(Adverb)
Antonyms:
  1. a posteriori

Words Related to A Priori

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. EPAM
  2. commonkads
  3. formalization
  4. causality
  5. ontological
  6. axiom
  7. autoregression

A Priori Sentence Examples

  • The method of the latter investigator was purely a priori.

  • Every time we survey a field, we go upon the principles, not of special experience, but of a priori necessity.

  • In other words; whenever philosophy g teaches a doctrine of the Absolute, and regards such doctrine as valid and certain, we have the essence of an ontological or a priori argument.

  • Then came the stress of war in Europe, a wretched neutrality at home, fierce outbreaks of human passions, and the fair structure of government by a priori theories based on the goodness of unoppressed humanity came to the ground.

  • It is true that in Roman Catholicism, in medieval as in modern times, the working of miracles has been ascribed to its saints; but the character of most of these miracles is such as to lack the a priori probability which has been claimed for the Scripture miracles.

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