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adjectivepertaining to or of the nature of an axiom; self-evident; obvious. aphoristic. Origin of axiomatic1790–1800; <Greek axiōmatikós, equivalent to axiōmat- (stem of axíōmaaxiom) + -ikos-ic OTHER WORDS FROM axiomaticax·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·ax·i·o·mat·ic, adjectivenon·ax·i·o·mat·i·cal, adjectivenon·ax·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb un·ax·i·o·mat·ic, adjectiveun·ax·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby axiomaticaxinite, axio-, axiological ethics, axiology, axiom, axiomatic, axiom of choice, axiom of countability, axion, axioplasm, axioversion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for axiomaticYes, I know, it's not axiomatic that a vote against Upton means a loss. In Defense of the House 39|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST After Vietnam, it was axiomatic that the press would approach those in power with a skepticism verging on cynicism. Nixon, Obama, and How We Lost Trust in the U.S. Government|Stuart Stevens|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST When you pay them more, it is axiomatic that they will spend more. Obama Should Take on the Private Sector’s Wage Delusion|Daniel Gross|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST The nature of axiomatic certainty is part of the fundamental problem of logic and metaphysics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
Like most generalizations, the statement that a woman cannot climb a tree is not an axiomatic truth. Mlle. Fouchette|Charles Theodore Murray That the pupils in each should be treated with exact justice in the matter of expenditures by the state is axiomatic. Following the Color Line|Ray Stannard Baker The things which science yields without exertion can be at most axiomatic commonplaces. The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen It was taken as axiomatic that an increasing population ought to be protected by an increasing army. Why We Are At War (2nd Edition, revised)|Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History
British Dictionary definitions for axiomatic
adjectiverelating to or resembling an axiom; self-evident containing maxims; aphoristic (of a logical system) consisting of a set of axioms from which theorems are derived by transformation rulesCompare natural deduction Derived forms of axiomaticaxiomatically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to axiomaticaphoristic, absolute, accepted, assumed, certain, fundamental, given, indubitable, manifest, obvious, proverbial, self-evident, apothegmatic, presupposed, unquestioned |