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IPSEDIXITISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ipsedixitism mean?
• IPSEDIXITISM (noun)
The noun IPSEDIXITISM has 1 sense:
1. an unsupported dogmatic assertion
Familiarity information: IPSEDIXITISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unsupported dogmatic assertion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
ipse dixit; ipsedixitism
Hypernyms ("ipsedixitism" is a kind of...):
assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))
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