adj. Necessarily or demonstrably true; incontrovertible. [Latin apodīcticus, from Greek apodeiktikos, from apodeiktos, demonstrable, from apodeiknunai, to demonstrate : apo-, apo- + deiknunai, to show; see deik- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ap′o·dicti·cal·ly adv. |
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