a priori

Adjective
  1. Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect;
    Not supported by fact (synset 300140180)
    "an a priori judgment"
    also:
    • analytic, analytical - of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
    • deductive - involving inferences from general principles
  2. Based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment (synset 300864296)
    similar to: theoretic, theoretical - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
Adverb
  1. Derived by logic, without observed facts (synset 400253080)

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