apriorism

== English == === Alternative forms === a priorism === Etymology === From a priori +‎ -ism, after French apriorisme. === Noun === apriorism (countable and uncountable, plural apriorisms) (philosophy) The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles. 1982, Dan I Slobin, in Eric Wanner & Lila Gleitman, Language Acquisition, p. 128: The linguistic apriorism of Chomsky has stimulated some psychologists to search for nonlinguistic roots of language development. ==== Translations ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Apriorismus or French apriorisme. === Noun === apriorism n (uncountable) apriorism ==== Declension ====