Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aposteriorism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: apos-te-ri-or-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The view that all knowledge is derived from sense experience; empiricism as opposed to apriorism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Within the former version, we have nativism (genetic rationalism) and genetic empiricism, but apriorism (methodological rationalism) and aposteriorism (methodological empiricism) are connected with the latter."

Etymology

From French apostériorisme or German Aposteriorismus, ultimately from Latin ā posteriōrī (“from what follows”). By surface analysis, a posteriori + -ism.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: apostériorisme, Aposteriorismus, ā posteriōrī

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

a posteriori

Frequently Paired Words

a posteriori

Synonyms

empiricism

Antonyms

apriorism

Questions

What does aposteriorism mean?: The view that all knowledge is derived from sense experience; empiricism as opposed to apriorism.
Where does aposteriorism come from?: It is traced to French.

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