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IPSE DIXIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ipse dixit mean? 

IPSE DIXIT (noun)
  The noun IPSE DIXIT has 1 sense:

1. an unsupported dogmatic assertionplay

  Familiarity information: IPSE DIXIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IPSE DIXIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An unsupported dogmatic assertion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ipse dixit; ipsedixitism

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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