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A priori

/ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈɔːɹaɪ/

Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.

📖 Definitions of "A priori"

adjective

1
Based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
"In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge."
2
Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
3
Presumed without analysis.
4
(conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.

adverb

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
theoretical	Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.
theoretic	Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
aprioristic	A priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
a posteriori	(logic) Involving induction of theories from facts.
ad hoc	For a particular purpose.
presumptive	Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
pre-theoretical	(philosophy) Arising before any theoretical considerations.
prerational	Before the application of reason.
pretheoretical	(philosophy) Arising before any theoretical considerations
prefactual	prior to facts being established
premethodical	Before the application of a method or methodology.
prejudicial	Causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious.
preobservational	Prior to observation.
preparadigmatic	Before the formation of a paradigm.
prestatistical	Before the development or use of statistics.
prescientific	Before the development of modern science.
preexperimental	prior to an experiment
prejacentnoun	(philosophy, logic, linguistics) A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.
prejudicate	Preconceived (of an opinion, idea etc.); formed before the event.
preconceived	(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.

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