1. Plural of apriorism; principles, beliefs, or arguments based on reasoning from cause to effect or from a general principle to particular instances, without reliance on empirical observation or experience.
Usage: philosophy; formal; rare

Examples

• The philosopher criticized the apriorisms that dominated medieval scholasticism.
• Her argument relied too heavily on apriorisms rather than experimental evidence.
• Kant's work challenged pure apriorisms by introducing the synthetic a priori.
• The scientist rejected the team's apriorisms in favor of data-driven conclusions.