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Apodictic

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Expressing or of the nature of necessary truth in philosophical poetry

Detailed Definition
Apodictic describes statements that are demonstrably certain, logically necessary, or self-evidently true; in poetry, apodictic diction conveys prophetic authority or philosophical certainty, as in Blake’s proverbs or Dickinson’s declarative paradoxes, contrasting with tentative or ambiguous modes.
Example
Example in poetry:
Apodictic: The opening of the Ten Commandments—“Thou shalt not kill”—is apodictic: a statement presented as necessarily and undeniably true, often used in prophetic or moral poetry.
Additional Notes
Apodictic: Denoting something clearly established or logically certain; in poetry, apodictic statements convey authority or dogma—often subverted in modern poetry to question truth claims.
Also Known As
Necessary truth Self-evident Indisputable Axiomatic apodeictic
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