a priori vs suppositive

a priori

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

  • Presumed without analysis. 

  • Self-evident, intuitively obvious. 

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

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

suppositive

adj
  • Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. 

noun
  • A word denoting or implying supposition. 

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