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AXIOMATIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does axiomatic mean?
• AXIOMATIC (adjective)
The adjective AXIOMATIC has 3 senses:
1. evident without proof or argument
2. containing aphorisms or maxims
3. of or relating to or derived from axioms
Familiarity information: AXIOMATIC used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evident without proof or argument
Synonyms:
axiomatic; self-evident; taken for granted
Context example:
we hold these truths to be self-evident
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:
Containing aphorisms or maxims
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
aphoristic; axiomatic
Context example:
axiomatic wisdom
Pertainym:
axiom (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)
Derivation:
axiom (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to or derived from axioms
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
axiomatic; axiomatical; postulational
Context example:
the postulational method was applied to geometry
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)
Context examples
Value of life? How could I answer the question on the spur of the moment? The sacredness of life I had accepted as axiomatic.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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