a posteriori

Meaning

Adj

1. Involving induction of theories from facts.
2. Developed on a basis of languages which already exist.

Adv

In a manner that deduces theories from facts.

Opposite of

a priori, ;, deductive, deductively

Synonyms

acquired

posteriority

Translations

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im Nachhinein

a posteriori

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aposteriorisch

à postériori

a posteriori

nach der Geburt Erworbenes

posteriorisch

εκ των υστέρων

επαγωγικός

a posteriori

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā posteriōrī (“involving reasoning from effect to cause, from experience to theory”, literally “from what follows”). Popularized from the 19th century in reference to the work of Immanuel Kant.