Vocabulary: a priori

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a priori: arrived at from deduction rather than observation.

Let’s imagine you read a cake recipe and notice it’s a high percent sugar. You might judge, a priori, that it’s quite fattening, never having eaten it.

Source:

Mish, Frederick C. (editor). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.

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