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axiomatically

axiomatically

1 9.5
In a way people accept as true without proof
  • adverb
  • /ˌæksiəˈmætɪkli/
  • Specialized
: axiomáticamente
  • And because loyalty correlates extremely highly with positive consumer behavior, it also axiomatically correlates with sales and profits.

Examples

  • The attempt to create jobs is not axiomatically good.

    Blog text (9)
  • So he probably concluded, with that ineffable grasp of logic common to all believers, that any question must axiomatically be hostile.

    Blog text (19)
  • So you would say biological truths are axiomatically correct?

  • The "modernness" of all this diversity needs to be proven rather than axiomatically asserted.

    Academic text (2008)
  • One of the characters points out that the injunction to love our neighbor as ourselves implies axiomatically that we must love ourselves as we were created.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The need for the tour leader to be appropriately qualified to speak on the subject matter of the tour was described almost axiomatically, such as the adult learner who said they would take it for granted that the tour leader would be qualified.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our analysis shows Papua New Guinea as a place where the global intersects the local in axiomatically condensed form.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Since most people don't examine their beliefs axiomatically, few will question the premise as long as they are provided the bare minimum of comfort.

    Blog text (32)
  • In research and policy-making on homelessness, adults unaccompanied by children axiomatically experience three temporal kinds of homelessness: chronic, episodic, and transitional.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Many concepts in mathematics are considered axiomatically true without needing proofs.

Surface Forms

axiomatically positive

Morphology

axiomatically = axiomatic (semi-transparent) = axiom + atic + ally

The suffix 'ally' is a standard adverbial formation from adjectives.

Etymology

Axiomatically comes from axiom, which comes from an old Greek word meaning 'worthy' or 'thought true'. So to say something is done axiomatically is to treat it as 'self-evident' or accepted without proof.