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Axiomatic

//ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Self-evident or unquestionable.

    "The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable."

  2. 2
    Relating to or containing axioms.
Adjective
  1. 1
    evident without proof or argument wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or derived from axioms wordnet
  3. 3
    containing aphorisms or maxims wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός (axiōmătikós, “employing logical propositions”), from ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “self-evident principle”) + -ικός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to, -ic”).

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