See a fortiori on Wiktionary
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},
{
"english": "Norway… has been obliged not to contest the Danish sovereignty over the whole of Greenland and a fortiori to refrain from occupying part of the country",
"ref": "1933, Samtiden, page 169:",
"text": "Norge … har vært forpliktet til ikke å bestride den danske suverenitet over hele Grønland og à fortiori til å avholde sig fra å okkupere en del av landet",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "if one… can show that the prison is in fact not as permeated by forms of discipline as Foucault wants it to be, then consequently also falls a fortiori the claim that society should be disciplinary",
"ref": "1997, Espen Schaanning, Vitenskap som skapt viten, page 298:",
"text": "hvis man … kan vise at fengslet faktisk ikke er så gjennomsyret av disiplinformer som Foucault vil ha det til, så faller følgelig også a fortiori påstanden om at samfunnet skulle være disiplinært",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "they cannot a fortiori - all the more - exclude finding semantic content also in religious utterances",
"ref": "2008 June 20, Morgenbladet, page 22:",
"text": "de kan ikke a fortiori – desto mer – utelukke å finne semantisk innhold også i religiøse ytringer",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"a fortiori (with stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.)"
],
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"(rhetoric, logic) a fortiori (with stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.)"
],
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"rhetoric"
],
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"human-sciences",
"logic",
"mathematics",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ɑː.fɔrtɪˈoːrɪ/"
},
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"rhymes": "-oːrɪ"
}
],
"word": "a fortiori"
}
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