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AXIOMATIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evident without proof or argument
Example:
we hold these truths to be self-evident
Synonyms:
axiomatic; self-evident; taken for granted
Classified under:
Similar:
obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)
Derivation:
axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to or derived from axioms
Example:
the postulational method was applied to geometry
Synonyms:
axiomatic; axiomatical; postulational
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)
Derivation:
axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Containing aphorisms or maxims
Example:
axiomatic wisdom
Synonyms:
aphoristic; axiomatic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
axiom (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)
Derivation:
axiom (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)
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