a posteriori

Adjective
  1. Involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes (synset 300140394)
    "a posteriori demonstration"
    also:
    • synthetic, synthetical - of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
    • inductive - of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion
  2. Requiring evidence for validation or support (synset 300862537)
    similar to: empiric, empirical - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
Adverb
  1. Derived from observed facts (synset 400252994)

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