Meaning of a priori | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
2. presumed without analysis, self-evident, intuitively obvious.

Examples

“førmoderne samfunn … hvor forskjell ennå ikke betraktes a priori som en mangel”

pre-modern societies… where difference is not yet considered a priori as a deficiency

“viten a priori”

a priori knowledge

“adskillige snes ungdom, som a priori kan henregnes til det overflødige proletariat”

several dozen youth, who a priori can be attributed to the superfluous proletariat

“to former for apriori innsikt”

two forms of a priori insight

“han [vil] ikke a priori utelukke at [sjalusien] kan være noe av årsaken til at han nå drives rundt av en uro”

he [will] not a priori rule out that [jealousy] may be part of the reason why he is now driven around by a turmoil

“a priori kunne man vente at...”

a priori one could expect that...