alethic.

Relating to truth and to whether something is necessary, possible, or contingent.

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Words that belong together

• alethic modality
• alethic logic
• alethic necessity

On the page

The paper distinguishes alethic possibility from permission under a legal rule.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal / analytical. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Commonness: uncommon (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Collins specifies truth, necessity, possibility, contingency, and the modal-logic branch treating them. Writing functions: analysis, conceptual distinction.