апріорі

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā priōrī (“involving reasoning from cause to effect; from first principles”, literally “from the former”). Compare Russian априо́ри (aprióri), Belarusian апрыёры (apryjóry).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

апріо́рі • (aprióri)

(logic, philosophy) a priori
Antonym: апостеріо́рі (aposterióri)
(by extension, literary) a priori (based on presumption without analysis)

Derived terms

апріо́рний (apriórnyj)

References

Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “апріорі”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
“апріорі”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “апріорі”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “апріорі”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “апріорі”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
“апріорі”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)

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