apodictic

apodictic
adjective /apə(ʊ)ˈdɪktɪk/
a) Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.

No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’.

b) A style of argument, in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.

Dont be so apodictic! You havent considered several facets of the question.

Ant: problematic, assertorical

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  • Apodictic — Ap o*dic tic, a. Same as {Apodeictic}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • apodictic — also apodeictic adjective Etymology: Latin apodicticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiknynai to demonstrate, from apo + deiknynai to show more at diction Date: circa 1645 expressing or of the nature of necessary truth or absolute certainty… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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