IPSE DIXIT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unsupported dogmatic assertion

Synonyms:

ipse dixit; ipsedixitism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ipse dixit" is a kind of...):

assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))

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