axiomatic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀξιωματικός, in turn from ἀξίωμα

Adjective

axiomatic (comparative more axiomatic, superlative most axiomatic)

1. Evident without proof or argument.
   • 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World:

     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.

   • 1984, Justice William Brennan, Welsh v. Wisconsin, United States Supreme Court (66 U.S. 740, 748)

     It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."

2. Of or pertaining to an axiom.
3. (informal) Obvious.

Synonyms

• axiomatical
• self-evident

Derived terms

• axiomatically

Related terms

• axiomatize
• axiomatization

Translations

evident without proof or argument

Bulgarian: очевиден (bg), не нуждаещ се от доказателства Catalan: axiomàtic (ca) Dutch: vanzelfsprekend (nl) Finnish: itsetään selvä, ilmiselvä

Ido: axiomatra (io) Korean: 자명하다 (ko) (jamyeonghada) Portuguese: axiomático Spanish: axiomático (es)

of or pertaining to an axiom

Bulgarian: аксиоматичен (bg) Catalan: axiomàtic (ca) Czech: axiomatický (cs) m. Finnish: aksiomaattinen (fi)

Ido: axiomala (io) Portuguese: axiomático Spanish: axiomático (es)