a priori

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a priori (enc)

Adj.	1.	a priori - involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment" analytical, analytic - of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition" deductive - involving inferences from general principles a posteriori - involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principals or from effects to causes; "a posteriori demonstration"
	2.	a priori - based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment theoretic, theoretical - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science"
Adv.	1.	a priori - derived by logic, without observed facts a posteriori - derived from observed facts

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