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Apomictic vs Apodictic - What's the difference?

apomictic | apodictic |

As adjectives the difference between apomictic and apodictic

is that apomictic is of or pertaining to apomixis while apodictic is incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.

apomictic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to apomixis

    • apodictic

    English

    (wikipedia apodictic)

    Alternative forms

    * apodeictic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
  • * 1902 , William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience , Folio Society 2008, p. 284:
    • No religion has ever yet owed its prevalence to ‘apodictic certainty’.
  • A style of argument, in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
    • Don't be so apodictic ! You haven't considered several facets of the question.
  • (theology, Biblical studies) absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"

    • Antonyms

    * problematic * assertorical

    Derived terms

    * apodict * apodictical * apodictically * apodictism