apodictic

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The Word of the Day for January 19 is: 

apodictic   \ap-uh-DIK-tik\   adjective
          : expressing or of the nature of necessary truth or absolute certainty

Example sentence:
          The apodictic tone of Liza's writing reflects her complete confidence 
in the correctness of her statements. 

Did you know?
          There's something remarkable about a word which, when periodically 
dusted off, proves to have retained its freshness over 350 years -- and that's 
the case with "apodictic." It's a handy word that can describe a conclusive 
concept, a conclusive person, or even that conclusive person's conclusive 
remarks. The best known close relative of "apodictic" is "paradigm" ("an 
outstandingly clear or typical example"); both words are built on Greek 
"deiknynai," meaning "to show." More distant relatives (from Latin "dicere," a 
relative of "deiknynai" that means "to say") include "diction," "dictate," 
"edict," and "predict."





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