axiomatic
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk/
adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός (axiōmătikós, “employing logical propositions”), from ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “self-evident principle”) + -ικός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to, -ic”), equivalent to axiom + -atic.
- 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.”
“It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."”
- Relating to or containing axioms.