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TOPIK 6determiner

후험적

huheomjeok

후험적 지식 · 후험적인 · 후험적으로

a posteriori

Example

경험을 통해 얻는 지식을 후험적 지식이라고 해요.

Knowledge gained through experience is called a posteriori knowledge.

Word parts

후 after험 experience적 -ic

Literally 'after-experience', the mirror image of 선험적.

Good to know

Outside philosophy, 경험적 (empirical) is far more common than 후험적.