Apodictism

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: en, /apəʊˈdɪktɪzm/, /apəʊˈdaɪktɪzm/
• Hyphenation: en + apo + dict + ism

Origin

en + -apodictic + ism

Full definition of apodictism

Noun

1. (uncountable, rare) Apodictic character, tendency, or pretension.
• 1979, Le Théâtre en Pologne XXI:vii–xii, page 22:His sincerity, bordering on naïvete, may explain his inability to approach people…and even a certain apodictism.
• 1989, R.S. Haugh (tr.), Georges Florovsky (aut.), Ecumenism I, page 74:Dogmatic apodictism is essentially characteristic of faith.
• 1999, The Macedonian Times LI–LXII, page 136/1:When it comes to writers like Prlichev, there can and should be room in both the Greek and Bulgarian, and Macedonian literary history. Naturally, not in the same way and not with the equal apodictism in determining their national attribution.
• 2002, C.O. Schrag (aut.), M.J. MatuÅ¡tík and W.L. McBride (eds.), Calvin O. Schrag and the Task of Philosophy after Postmodernity, page 71:In spite of the apodeictism of these statements, Foucault never articulates a fully coherent position on sexual repression.
2. (countable, very rare) An apodictic assertion or pronouncement; a strong, unwarranted claim.
• 1954, H.J. Lam, “Antarctica: The Cradle of Angiosperms?” in Vegetatio IV, â„– 6, page 431That phytogeography of today is a “confused hodgepodge of theory and half-baked notions”…is yet another example of Croizat’s apodictisms.

Alternative forms

• very rare – only one attestation