Self-evidence

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being self-evident. uncountable

    "Any... man knows, that the whole is equal to all its parts, or any other maxim, and all from the same reason of self-evidence."

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"Any... man knows, that the whole is equal to all its parts, or any other maxim, and all from the same reason of self-evidence."

Etymology

From self- + evidence.

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