Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apriorism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: apri-or-ism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search for nonlinguistic roots of language development."
"What was needed for modern science to take shape was a renunciation of their bookish a priorism, with its Aristotelian notion that all things can be deduced by logical, abstract argument from (ultimately arbitrary) first principles."

Etymology

From a priori + -ism, after French apriorisme.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: a priori

Usage

Inflected Forms

apriorisms (plural) a priorism (alternative)

Questions

What does apriorism mean?: The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles.
Where does apriorism come from?: From a priori + -ism, after French apriorisme.

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