English-German translations for a priori

• a priori
  Es gibt keine a priori -Hierarchie von Normen. But there is no a priori hierarchy of norms.
  Sehr schwierig, wahrscheinlich a priori fast unmöglich. Very difficult, a priori probably almost impossible.
  Das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung gilt a priori für die vom Volk gewählten Vertreter. Freedom of speech applies a priori to the representatives of the people.
• apriorisch

Definition of a priori

• Based on hypothesis rather than experiment
• self-evident|Self-evident, intuitively obvious
• Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.Donald J. Harlow, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204044938/http://donh.best.vwh.net/Esperanto/EBook/chap03.html How to Build a Language]
• In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation

Examples

• In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge

Related words

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• award a prize
• fix a price