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axiomatic
Axiomatic (adj) means So obviously true that it needs no proof.
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1
So obviously true that it needs no proof.
"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."
— Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (1932)
2
Based on, or made up of, axioms.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός (axiōmătikós), meaning “employing logical propositions”, from ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “self-evident principle”) and -ικός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to, -ic”); equivalent to axiom plus -atic.
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postulational
axiomatical
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What is the meaning of axiomatic?
"axiomatic" (adj) means so obviously true that it needs no proof.
What is another word for axiomatic?
Other words for "axiomatic" include aphoristic, postulational, axiomatical.
What are the different meanings of axiomatic?
"axiomatic" has 2 main meanings: 1. So obviously true that it needs no proof; 2. Based on, or made up of, axioms.
