axiomatic
- adjective
- /ˌæksiˈɒmətɪk/
- On the one hand, Kant's position on the limitations of knowledge has become axiomatic in modern theories of interpretation.
- seems axiomatic
- take it as axiomatic
- axiomatic principles
I know that sounds like dumbly axiomatic, but bear with me here.
- I know that sounds like dumbly axiomatic, but bear with me here.
- And so he says for the Dunyan it was axiomatic, right?
- There's going to be some brute, you know, axiomatic fact that it's just a starting point.
- And that's why I said axiomatic oughts, etcetera.
- But all of that's independent of the question of axiomatic worth.
- It's the Esprit de geomet, the, the literally the, the spirit of, of the, the sort of axiomatic mind we could call it.
Examples
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For Roosevelt, it was axiomatic that no nation could achieve greatness unless its family life was sound.
Academic text (2002) -
Many believe it is axiomatic that hard work leads to success.
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So it's axiomatic that if you take the oil away, the population must go away also.
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And this is a very rigorous, a very dry, very axiomatic book.
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For I take it as axiomatic that one must stand still to hear the music of the spheres.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Constancy of physical constants in all times and all places is axiomatic in physics."
Blog text (5) -
It's axiomatic that if Saudi Arabia has passed its peak and is in decline, the whole planet is just because of the siZe of the reserves that are there.
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After thirty years in the academy, it seems to me almost axiomatic that propositions one and two are mutually incompatible.
Academic text (1996) -
It is axiomatic that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
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In most cultures, it is axiomatic that honesty is valued highly.
Synonyms
So clear that people cannot doubt it
Clear and obvious without needing proof
To expect something to last and not care about it
You cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
Impossible to deny or prove wrong
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
Accepted as true and not doubted
Clearly true so no one can doubt it
People cannot doubt it because it is clearly true
Certain and impossible to doubt
Certainly true and impossible to doubt
Clearly true and impossible to doubt
Something that is based on basic rules people accept as true
Compounds
- Specialized
A set of basic rules and statements used to build a math or logic theory
How Obvious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Axiomatic comes from the Greek root axios, meaning 'worthy', and from axiom, a word for a 'basic truth'. So, something axiomatic is treated as an obvious truth that needs no proof.