apodictic.
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
Meaning & usage
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
Don’t be so apodictic! You haven’t considered several facets of the question.
Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
Where this word comes from
From the Latin apodīcticus (“proving clearly”, “demonstrative”), from the Ancient Greek ἀποδεικτικός (apodeiktikós, “affording proof”, “demonstrative”), from ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeíknumi, “to demonstrate”). In turn, from ἀπο- (apo-, “separate, without”), and δεικτικός (deiktikós, “capable of proof”).
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