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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:

Adjectives

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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