a priori vs problematic

a priori

adj
  • Presumed without analysis. 

  • Self-evident, intuitively obvious. 

  • Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence. 

  • Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages. 

adv
  • In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation. 

problematic

adj
  • Not settled, uncertain, of uncertain outcome; debatable, questionable, open to doubt. 

  • Difficult to overcome, solve, or decide. 

  • Contributing (especially if subtly) to discrimination (such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or ageism). 

  • a problematic analysis 

noun
  • A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study. 

How often have the words a priori and problematic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )