a fortiori
adverb
lawformalorspecializeduk/ˌeɪ.fɔː.tiˈɔː.raɪ/us/ˌeɪ.fɔːr.t̬iˈɔːr.i/for anevenstrongerreasonthan one that has already beenaccepted:
Thepropositionisincomprehensibleto us, andhencea fortiori we cannot bejustifiedinbelievingit.对此提议我们无法理解，因此更加难以信服。
- If thepointofminimummarginalcosthas notyetbeenreached, itfollowsa fortiori that thepointofminimumaveragecosthas not beenreachedeither.
- There is, a fortiori, noreasonwhy the same word in thisActshould not besimilarlyconstrued.
- Actionsgenerallydospeaklouderthan words: because,paradoxically, they aren'tmeantto 'speak' at all, and a fortiori aren'tmeanttospeakwhat'sfalse.
Logic and reason
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- cerebrally
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking
a fortiori
adjective
lawformalorspecializeduk/ˌeɪ.fɔː.tiˈɔː.raɪ/us/ˌeɪ.fɔːr.t̬iˈɔːr.i/used todescribeanargumentthat gives astrongerreasonthan one that has already beenaccepted:
his a fortioriargument
- A fortiorireasoningdrawsonexistingconfidencein aproposition.
- Obviously, thecasewasstrongerthan the oneactuallyprovidedfor, so it could beregardedas a fortiori.
Logic and reason
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- cerebrally
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking