apodictic

  1. Adjective.  Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
  2. Adjective.  A style of argument, in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
  3. Adjective.  (theology, Biblical studies) absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!".

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