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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"a fortiori (with stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.)"
],
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"rhetoric",
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],
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"logic",
"logic"
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"a fortiori",
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],
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],
[
"great",
"great"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
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"corollary",
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],
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"logic",
"mathematics",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
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}
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"ipa": "/ɑː.fɔrtɪˈoːrɪ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oːrɪ"
},
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],
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